Reimagining Shakespeare: NAC production has female Hamlet, deaf Horatio

Prince Hamlet
Adapted from Shakespeare, directed by Ravi Jain
Why Not Theatre production
Feb. 27-March 9, Azrieli Studio, National Arts Centre
Tickets and times: nac-cna.ca and ticketmaster.ca
Shakespeare might be rolling in his grave — or at least doing a double take — to see what a Toronto theatre company has done with Hamlet. In a version of the classic reimagined by Why Not Theatre artistic director Ravi Jain, Hamlet is a woman, Ophelia is a man and Horatio is deaf. What’s