It was pretty good, actually. As I mentioned before, the actor playing Hamlet tended to flail about a lot - in the more dramatic scenes he actually flopped, twirled, and groveled into the floor - which was, okay, interesting, but kind of annoying after a while. He had a funny voice, too. Like a cross between a British butler and an audiobook narrator. Ophelia this time 'round was... eh. I liked her in the first thru third acts, but when she went crazy, she went NUTS, like Carlson would were he on speed. Between the two of them (and the overdramatic death scenes), it was a very energetic, intense performance; you could tell the entire cast was having fun. It did get kind of wearing after a while, though. My favorite actor was probably Patrick Page, who played Claudius. While he obviously got the "yes, this character is a bad guy" thing, the way he did it encompassed both the good and bad of the man, the "mafia boss slick" and the inner turmoil over killing... well, everybody. Dunno if he would have stood out as much in a more sedate cast, but when everyone else was like, LA LA LA LA CRAAAAAZZZYY he was very cool.

(Technical-wise, the sets were absolutely gorgeous - basically these moving walls that were lit from within, kind of greenish. Very art deco. No "room" was the same, and you got the sense of this endless ice palace which, again, was very cool. The music was awful, though. Loud and jarring.)

Ha! Yeah, I thought that Amy Manson was rather awful, but to be honest I didn't like/notice any of the Jack backstory. Mostly, I spent the time during that storyline shouting, ENOUGH JACK, WE DON'T CARE! BRING OUT THE IANTO!