Hamlet, Shri Ram Repertory
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A production of Hamlet which delved into the Freudian overtones of the text in an innovative manner.
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A Terrified Soul - Macbeth, China Anhui Opera Institute
/“China Anhui Opera Institute is proud to present A Terrified Soul, an exciting new adaptation of Macbeth. An eclectic fusion of contemporary and classical Chinese opera elements.” (description from the Fringe Programme)
Read MoreAng Katatawanan ng Kalituhan, Dulaang UP
/“A cleverly crafted tale of mistaken identities, loves lost and found, families gone astray and made whole again.” –description from the DUP Official Page
Read MoreMacbeth: Without Words, Ludens Ensemble
/“A stark, stylised performance of boundless ambition and the destruction it ultimately wreaks. Three actors, accompanied by a live DJ set and dynamic projections, create a dark and potent visual language. "Remarkable, essential viewing" (Herald).” --description from Fringe Programme.
Read MoreMacBain, Dood Paard
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“MacBeth and Kurt Cobain and Lady Macbeth and Courtney Love inspire a pitch-black comedy about unbridled ambition, hunger for power and an addiction to intoxication and ecstasy. A triptych of hilarious interviews with the pop stars, a freaky fast-forward puppet version of Macbeth which results in a merciless symbiosis of the grunge couple Cobain-Love and the Thanes of Cawdor. A crazy journey into the world of two seriously troubled people who are trying to escape from their mental prison, as their loneliness howls through the room and the attempts to reverse the inevitable end are heart-breaking.” --description from Fringe Programme
Read MoreHamlet Get Out of My Head, هاملت اخرج من رأسي
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The play is a monodrama depicting the conflict experienced by a minor character when the producer of the play plays the roles of the playwright, the director and the producer. The single character reflects on both his love of Hamlet and his aspiration to play Hamlet. Due to his personal, social and cultural circumstances, the dream of playing Hamlet diminishes. He visualizes an encounter with Hamlet, the character.
Read MoreRomeo and Juliet Kunqu Opera
/"From the Hunan Kunqu Opera Troupe comes Shakespeare’s most famous love story, Romeo and Juliet, told in the traditional Kunqu opera style. The beauty of 14th-century opera and the majesty of Shakespeare’s work collide in this visually stunning tale of two star-crossed lovers. Directed by China’s award-winning director, Wang Xiaoying, known for his critically acclaimed production of Richard III at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. (Guardian)."
Read MoreChakkar Chalaaye Ghanchakkar, Essay PPL
/The play script is an adaptation of a film, titled Angoor, based on the Comedy of Errors, both done by Gulzar. The theatre adaptation enhances the threat and menace of the identity mix-ups.
Read MoreHamlet (햄릿), Sinsi Company
/Director Jin-chaek Sohn cast famous actors and actresses in their 60s and 70s for all roles. These legendary old players showed the essence of classical acting. When the backdrop was opened after Hamlet's death, it revealed that there was a real auditorium behind the backdrop, and that the present auditorium was part of the stage. All of the actors and actresses slowly exited toward the auditorium carrying the ritual vessels positioned at the front edge of the stage. This play was not only about Hamlet, but also a kind of farewell ritual for the great old actors and actresses approaching their exit time.
Read MoreThe Merchant of Venice, The Globe
/A revival of Jonathan Munby’s highly-acclaimed 2015 production of The Merchant of Venice, with Jonathan Pryce as Shylock.
Read MorePiya Behrupiya
/Separated from her twin brother Sebastian after a shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as a boy to serve the Duke of Illyria. Wooing Olivia on his behalf, she is stunned to find herself the object of Olivia's affections. With the arrival of her brother, and a trick played on Olivia's steward, confusion reigns supreme in this classic romantic comedy of mistaken identity, songs, dances and multiple marriages. Twelfth Night is considered Shakespeare's most lyrical as well as experimental play. Piya Behrupiya transposes the action from Illyria to India in the form of a Nautanki and makes Shakespeare's gloriously sunny comedy come alive.
Read MoreA Midsummer Night's Dreaming Under the Southern Bough
/A collaborative project between the University of Leeds (UK) and the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) (Beijing) to celebrate Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu in 2016, the 400th anniversary of the deaths of two legendary playwrights. The creative team from UIBE performed an adaptation of the magical forest scenes from Shakespeare's play and the team from Leeds performed a contemporary response to Tang Xianzu's _Nanke Ji_.
“Using Shakespeare's classic tale of love and misunderstanding, traditional Chinese theatre techniques, music, humour and contemporary staging, Beijing's ST@UIBE company examines love, gender politics and the changing role of women in contemporary Chinese society.” (description from the Edinburgh Fringe Programme)
Read MoreHamlet, Malachite Theatre
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As part of the official programme commemorating the 400th year anniversary of the deaths of Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare, Performance Infinity helped the ‘The Malachites’ break new ground by taking responsibility for their first international tour of China.
Founded in 2013 ‘The Malachites’ are a site-specific theatre company who aim to reconnect Shakespeare and his plays to the areas in which he lived and worked, as well as bringing their own unique style to an international audience.
This year saw the Malachites take Hamlet, perhaps Shakespeare’s most revered play, to the Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Centre, China. Having previously played in venues ranging from historic gardens to Churches, this was an event not to be missed. In conjunction with Performance Infinity, ‘The Malachites’ production received critical acclaim, performing to a sold out Chinese audience.
Read MoreThe Mousetrap: Anti-Hamlet
/A work-in-progress by three young actors.
“Weaving personal critique with the canonical Western text, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, three theatre-makers from Metro Manila eviscerate the rigours of classical theatre through irreverent intrusions of performance art, devised-theatre, DIY aesthetics, all within a self-imposed PHP 5,000.00 budget.” –description from the Karnabal Festival Facebook site
Read MoreShakespeare Demystified: The Merchant of Venice
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The Kuala Lumpur Shakespeare Players began their Shakespeare Demystified series in 2011 with Julius Caesar. The aim of the project, run annually, is to make Shakespeare accessible to the "general masses." The productions are minimalist and creative, combining original canonical speeches with narration in contemporary English.
Read MoreThe HandleBards
/The "world's first cycling theatre company," The HandleBards returned to Edinburgh in 2016 with two troupes, The Boys and The Girls. Each troupe was composed of four actors who carried set, props and costumes around the UK (and beyond) on bicycles to perform all-male Much Ado About Nothing and Richard III and all-female Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew in unique venues from gardens to castles.
Read MoreMacbeth, EKIP Tiyatrosu
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Presented in Turkish
Üsküdar Tekel Sahnesi (Theatre), Istanbul, Turkey
May 25-27, 2016, as part of the IKSV Theatre Festival
Trailer from EKIP's Vimeo site.
EKIP Tiyatrosu
Writer: William Shakespeare
Translator: Sabahattin Eyüboğlu
Director: Bülent Emin Yarar
Creative Team (roles in Turkish):
Sahne Ve Kostüm Tasarimi: Başak Özdoğan
Işik Tasarimi: Cem Yılmazer
Kukla: Candan Seda Balaban
Orijinal Müzik: Orhan Enes Kuzu
Sahne Müzisyeni: Hüseyin Korkma
Hareket Düzeni: Dicle Doğan
Sahne Dövüşü: Tamer Serkan Subaşı
Asistan: Sevilay Ergüler
Işik Kumanda: Murat Bakır
Ses Kumanda: Cafer Hekim
Afiş: Savaş Çekiç
Sahne Fotoğraflari: Ali Güler
Stüdyo Fotoğraflari: Burak Bulut Yıldırım
Cast: Simel Aksünger, Serkan Altıntaş, Aziz Caner İnan, Murat Kapu, İsmail Sağır, Ayşegül Uraz, Cem Uslu
For More Information:
http://www.ekiptiyatrosu.com/oyunlar/sahnede/macbeth
http://tiyatro.iksv.org/tr/festivaller/225/program/485
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shanghai Farce Troupe
/“Shakespeare's "rude mechanicals" of A Midsummer Night's Dream are speaking in the Shanghai dialect! It's one of the comic devices employed by the Shanghai Farce Troupe as they present a Chinese-language version of the original. The play also features other local elements, including traditional Chinese musical instruments.
The comedy follows the story of four lovers and a group of amateur actors and their adventures with woodland fairies and a duke and duchess. The cast is entirely Chinese, and they will also play traditional instruments like the erhu and flute to add a Chinese flavor to this more than 400-year-old English play.” –information from the CCTV article listed below
Read MoreHamlet | Collage, State Theatre of Nations
/Canadian director Robert Lepage and Russian actor Yevgeny Mironov first brought their experimental one-man production of Hamlet to the Russian stage at the end of 2013. The production is set in and around a central rotating cube and makes extensive use of video technology. It is to be revived in May this year at Moscow's Theatre of Nations.
Read MoreCoriolanus, Istanbul State Theatre
/Director Malcolm Keith Kay embarks on a modern, experimental interpretation of Shakespeare's Coriolanus.
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