The Last Hamlet

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. 

With Miguel Altunaga, Ben Duke, Hannah Hulford and featuring Anna B Savage

Conceived and Directed by  Ben Duke  
Set & Costume Design Soutra Gilmour 
Lighting Design Jackie Shemesh 
Sound Design Jethro Cooke 
Video Design Will Duke 
Dramaturgy Karthika Nair
Creative Collaborators Sarah Calver, Jamie Wood, Raquel Meseguer Zafe 
Production Management Ed Borgnis 
Stage Manager Andrea Scrimshaw 
Technical Stage Management Rachel Glover 
Costume supervision Anna Josephs 
Production Lighting Daniel Harvey
Lighting Programmer Nadene Wheatley 
Production, Diffusion Daisy Drury, Emma Evans, Gabrielle Veyssiere

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