- Dates Thu 05 May 2022 - Sat 07 May 2022
- Location The Wardrobe Theatre
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Ticket Price
Tickets £10 per double bill
£35 for a festival ticket -
Times
7.30pm
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Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Yuxuan Liu
Designed by Fiona McKeon
Shakespeare's great tale of revenge and madness entwined with physical theatre and song
“God hath given you one face, and you make yourself another.”
Ophelia tries to escape a world that will allow her no voice. She is stifled by the overbearing men in her life. One of them is the young prince, Hamlet, with whom she is in love.
Hamlet grieves over the loss of his father. In the dark of the night, the ghost of the late king appears with a message from beyond the grave. Is this vision real? Hamlet is tormented by doubt as he is compelled to avenge his father’s murder.
5 actors, 9 characters, 1 hour. This version of Hamlet presents one of Shakespeare’s most enduringly popular tragedies through text, music, and movement.
This play is part of a double bill with Picnic at Hanging Rock as part of Directors’ Festival 2022.
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Content Warning
Parental guidance advised due to mature themes throughout.
The show contains themes and mentions of suicide, parental death, bereavement, murder, and mental illness, as well as acts of violence and death that feature the use of weapons.
Cast
Claudius/Polonius Alexander Uzoka
Ophelia/The Gravedigger Yazmin Kayani
Hamlet Shivam Pallana
Laertes/The Ghost Taylor Uttley
Gertrude/Horatio Archie Fisher
Creative and Technical Team
Director Yuxuan Liu
Designer Fiona McKeon
Voice Coach Zoe Littleton
Lighting Designer Joe Waddington
Sound Designer and Operator Millie Edinburgh
Assistant Production Manager Joe Culpin
Costumer SupervisorKimberly White
Stage Manager Soph Robinson
Deputy Stage Manager Chris Stuckey
Lighting Operator Dan Knipe
Prop Makers Ziva Bucer, Tommy Karolyi, Isabella Keating, Lisa Viel-Vigneron
Construction Assistants Jocelyn Chen, Iona Hicks, Muir McFadden, Sally Strong
Graduating Creatives
