Finnish National Ballet Hamlet

Hamlet, one of William Shakespeare’s best-known plays, has been performed in countless theatres around the world for more than 400 years. It tells the story of the Prince of Denmark, whose father’s ghost reveals that the new king poisoned him to claim the crown and the queen. Hamlet resolves to avenge his father’s death. Yet it is his own choices, growing obsession with revenge, and the gradual unravelling of his mind that ultimately define the tragedy.

Choreographer Leo Mujić has transformed Hamlet into a ballet, which had its world premiere at the Croatian National Ballet in 2023. The score brings together music by Tchaikovsky and Saint-Saëns.