If revenge is seen as heroism when a man claims it, what happens when a woman demands the same space? Adishakti’s A Woman Or Not To Be asks that question through a bold retelling of Hamlet, turning the tragedy inward, toward the psychology of grief and agency.

The new production reimagines Shakespeare’s Hamlet through the body and experience of a daughter. Writer and director Vinay Kumar asks what grief, rage, and justice look like when the world reads emotion through gendered eyes.