What if we staged the very last Hamlet –literally –after which Shakespeare’s play would no longer be played, making room for new stories for new times? Such is the project of Ben Duke and his company Lost Dog for one of the most performed plays in the history of theatre. For the British director and choreographer, Hamlet is largely responsible for the evils of our time: he’s depressive, violent, and guilty of procrastination. After learning that his play is about to be cancelled, Hamlet gets up on stage one last time. He’s prepared new routines in the hope of convincing us to grant him a reprieve. Ben Duke turns the English playwright’s character into a starting point, driven by the conviction that every story is made to be subverted.
자신의 작품이 취소되었다는 소식을 들은 햄릿은 무대 위로 올라와, 유예해 달라고 설득하기 시작한다.
Distribution
With Miguel Altunaga, Ben Duke, Hannah Hulford
Conceived and directed by Ben Duke
Sound Jethro Cooke
Scenography creation Soutra Gilmour
Lighting Jackie Shemesh
Video Will Duke
Costume Soutra Gilmour
Costume supervision Anna Josephs
Stage Manager Andrea Scrimshaw
Technical Management Rachel Glover
Production Management Ed Borgnis
Programming Nadene Wheatley
Production
Production Lost Dog
Co-production Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), Sadler’s Wells (Londres), Festival d’Avignon, RomaEuropa (Rome)
Support Arts Council England, The Linbury Trust, Pavillon Noir (Aix-en-Provence), Warwick Arts Centre, Dance East (Ipswich), South East Dance (Brighton) and for the 80th Festival d'Avignon : British Council
Performances in partnership with France Médias Monde
