291. The Cup | Hamnet (2025) | Screened Plays

Welcome back to the 291st episode of The Cup which is our a weekly (give or take, TBD, these are unprecedented times) performing arts talk show presented by Cup of Hemlock Theatre. With the theatres on a come back we offer a mix of both reviews of live shows we've seen and continued reviews of prophet productions! For our 291st episode we bring you a a new instalment of our subseries 'Screened Plays'. This time we are covering the Oscar winning film Hamnet (2025), directed by Chloé Zhao, starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s novel of the same name. Join host Mackenzie Horner and his panelists for a deep dive discussion all about grieving mothers, emotional manipulation, and arthouse cinema for people who don’t like arthouse cinema.Follow our panelists: Mackenzie Horner (Before the Downbeat: A Musical Podcast) – Instagram/Facebook: BeforetheDownbeatApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYbBeNSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3sAbjAu Istvan Dugalin – Instagram: @istvandugalin // Theatre Criticism Blog: https://istvandugalin.com/Macklin – [Prefers not to be followed. Just send all that love to CoH instead; she won’t mind!]Ryan Borochovitz – NEXT Mag: https://nextmag.ca/search/borochovitzFollow Cup of Hemlock Theatre on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: @cohtheatre If you’d like us to review your upcoming show in Toronto, please send press invites/inquiries to [email protected]