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Hamm-let
Presented in Italian
Kamaraterem/Chamber Hall, Gyula, Hungary, as part of the Gyula Shakespeare Festival
July 14, 2016
Piccola Compagnia della Magnolia
Director: Giorgia Cerruti
Cast:
Gertrude: Giorgia Cerruti
Ophelia: Federica Carra
Hamm-Let: Davide Giglio
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 More“An enchanting Japanese adaptation of Hamlet – After that an exhibition about the traditional Japanese Theatre.”
Read MoreAfter receiving news of his father’s death, a young man comes home to a much changed world. Doubt, uncertainty, and grief dog him at every turn. Struggling to make sense of the new order, Hamlet faces a crossroad. He can consent, or rage against the injustice around him. Rich with soaring language, Shakespeare’s masterpiece opens up with fresh insights with each new viewing.
Read MoreThe first serious Japanese translation of ‘To be or not to be’ performed alongside a comic version – in English and in Japanese – written in 1874. The evening cumulates in the Kabuki-inspired Visions of Ophelia performed by Japanese actress Aki Isoda, who toured her one-woman show worldwide.
Read More“The Festival d’Avignon celebrated its 70th edition in 2016 and while there were no major Shakespearean productions on the main programme, they dominated the programme of the Festival Off d’Avignon (the fringe festival). The only playwright whose works were performed and adapted more was Molière. From puppet shows to experimental takes on the tragedies, Le Off offered a wide range of Shakespeare for all ages.”
Read MoreAs 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 MoreThis is an Open-air, abridged (90 minute) version of Shakespeare's tragedy. The performance played at Prince’s Island Park Ampitheatre, except July 19-24 when performances were held on St. Patrick's Island at a variety of locations, where the audience followed action to different sites.
Read More"Hamlet's got the hump, Uncle Claudius is conniving, mother Gertrude's hit the bottle, and girlfriend Ophelia's away with the fairies. No wonder Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are confused. Mysteries, murders and magical music; Bathasar's bemused, Romeo's a wuss and the Friar's on the fiddle, but Juliet Capulet calls the shots in an ice cream war with the Montagues. Rip-roaring romance with a twist.” --description from Fringe Festival programme.
Read MoreA production of Hamlet directed by Claire Kelly. A 30-minute “Hamlet for Kids” performance also shown daily, during the performance run, except for Mondays.
Read MoreA 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 More"Hamlet#Casting is a combination of contradictions. It is a tale of the everyday, which can be banal and full of played-out scenarios. Musical hits which tell of unrequited love, Facebook conversations which do not bring happiness, dreams from TV serials. Against this background, Hamlet asks himself questions which sound like a repetitive chorus: am I good enough, valued, desired? Am I myself? Can one really live in a world in which one is always being watched?"
Read More"« Etre ou ne pas être », plus qu’une question existentielle, le soliloque nous plonge dans la valse-hésitation de l’engagement de l’individu par rapport à soi-même et à sa société. Créé en juin à l’occasion du 400e de la mort de Shakespeare, cette performance explore les tensions et le dialogue possible entre la voix d’Hamlet modulée et manipulée par un fil de fériste et le mouvement même du corps et de la pensée cherchant une issue à l’impasse. Exploration ciblée de l’atelier de recherche en dramaturgie circassienne."
Read MoreDo you believe in ghosts? Devastated by his father’s death and disgusted by his mother’s hasty marriage to his hated uncle, Denmark’s Prince Hamlet has hit the rock bottom of despair. Now the ghost of his father appears, claiming the uncle murdered him—and the spectral accusation torments Hamlet’s troubled mind, driving him to avenge a crime that may or may not be a product of his own imagining. Grand in scope, rich in language, this classic story of haunting, both literal and metaphorical, ranks among Shakespeare’s masterpieces.
Read MoreFlavio Gonzalez Mello’s adaptation of Hamlet is a contemporary production that preserves the original Shakespearean plot, but situates the story within the current Mexican social context. The performance took place at the Sor Juana Forum as a part of global programme of events and activities destined to celebrate William Shakespeare’s work on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his death.
Read MoreSince 1991 a recreation of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre has stood on the racecourse in Neuss, Germany. Each year it hosts a summer festival and the 2016 edition showcased productions from companies across Europe including several premieres, a puppet Tempest, and a one-woman Henry VIII. The festival also included a classical Shakespeare concert, a lecture by Patrick Spottiswoode of the London Globe, and a series of events exploring the idea of ‘Shakespeare and beyond’ which included a stage version of Woody Allen’s 1982 film A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy and an adaptation of Friedrich Schiller’s Maria Stuart. The majority of productions were presented in German; German surtitles were available for those presented in English or French.
Read MoreCanadian 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 MoreOphelias Zimmer was a feminist alternative narrative that approached Hamlet from the point of view of the Dane's doomed lover, Ophelia. The action (or lack thereof) all took place in Ophelia's claustrophobic room where repetition enforced the play's reading of the character as a victim ensnared, silenced and aestheticised by Elsinore's patriarchy.
Read MoreThe present staging of Hamlet is carried out in Daugavpils theatre which consists of two companies working simultaneously in Latvian and Russian. The performance is heavily based on Hamlet's inner struggle with his attempts and motivations, doubts, and confusion about the contemporary world. This focus challenges the subjectivity of all other characters in relation to Hamlet, as they almost have no independent existence. The staging is created by an international team, Polish, Russian and Latvian.
Read MoreThis is a performance where Hamlet is transported to a slaughterhouse in modern day South Korea. While it appears to be an ordinary slaughterhouse from the outside, it is in fact a perfectly controlled place, where powerful men butcher and execute their opponents. One day, the boss named Lee Sang-cheol is killed, and his son Lee Hae-in is trying to revenge his father's death. Painting a picture of extreme violence and wicked plans carried out by beast-like men, and one boy seeking an escape.
This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
