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Hamletmachine


“...the script has been lost. The actors put their faces on the rack in the dressing room...”


 

Imploding Fictions' internationally acclaimed production of Hamletmachine opened at London's BAC in 2007 and has since been on tour to Egypt, Italy, France and the Netherlands.

 

 

'A stimulating combination of ideas, language, superb acting, sound and creative vision (...) An impressive production challenging the limitations of theatre. For me by far and away one of the best theatre experiences this year and possibly sometime beyond!'

 

Iona Mc Leish – theatre designer London

 

 

'One can like it or hate this piece – but he or she has to confess, that this Hamletmachine is the work of two directors who really know what their question is to the text, to their actors and to the medium itself. An aesthetic and intellectual statement and at the same time a personal answer to the question: How do you do theatre today?'

 

Alexandra Müller – review Amsterdam

 

 

Hamletmachine was awarded the Premio Internazionale Claudio Gora for best experimental production in Rome in December 2007.

 

 

Production details

 

Theatre performance, 1h 15 min

 

Théâtre de la Vignette, Montpellier, October 2009

Festival Premičres, Strasbourg, June 2009

Theater Frascati, Amsterdam, June 2008

Laboratorium Teatro, Rome, December 2007

Cairo Opera House Studio, Egypt, September 2007

Universal Voices Theatre Symposium, Kent, April 2007

BAC, London, March 2007

 

Written by

Heiner Müller

 

Translated by

Carl Weber

 

Directed by

Philip Thorne, Řystein Ulsberg Brager

 

Performed by

Hannah Boyde, Samuel Metcalfe 

 

Designed by

Vicky Johnstone

 

Lighting Design Touring Version by

Tamás Király

 

Original Lighting Design by

Stuart Lawson 

 

Sound Design by

Bastian Kemmerich

 

DSM

Jade Nagi

 

ASM

Stephanie Dulieu

 

Sound Technician

Owen Swanson-Low

 

Ligthing Manager original production

Tamás Király

 

Lighting Design Amsterdam

Thomas Wheildon

 

Additional Sound

Laurence Short

 

Graphic Design

Anders N. Pedersen


 

 

You can see pictures from the production here and from the rehearsal process here, read notes from the rehearsal process here and responses to the production here.

 

The production has been supported by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, the Norwegian Dance- and Theatre Centre, CIFET, the Martin Bowley Trust Fund, the ITS Festival, Associazone Claudio Gora, INSTED and Rose Bruford and is performed with permission by Rosica Colin Ltd.



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