Hamlet on the Road will be shown in Wrocław

Divadlo Radost from Brno presents: the most famous drama in the world as a comedy and musical. The Theatre Radost presents Hamlet in a slightly different way than usual: as a funeral musical inspired by poetics of fairground puppeteers. The story of Prince Hamlet, his murdered father and widowed mother, Gertrude, who married the brother of the late King Claudius. The story of the gloomy Ophelia, her brother Laertes and their father Polonius is told by a peculiar wandering acting company, featuring a puppet Hamlet in an ancient translation. It is a very odd acting company, one of the members is even a gravedigger. The performance is directed by Joanna Zdrada.

420 years ago, Shakespeare wrote Hamlet, one of the most famous tragedies of all time. It has been shown many times, filmed several times and the character of Hamlet has become an archetype and a fashion icon. The nickname Hamlet is often used in theatrical slang for drama actors.

The Theatre Radost presents Hamlet in a slightly different way than usual: as a funeral musical inspired by poetics of fairground puppeteers. The story of Prince Hamlet, his murdered father and widowed mother, Gertrude, who married the brother of the late King Claudius. The story of the gloomy Ophelia, her brother Laertes and their father Polonius is told by a peculiar wandering acting company, featuring a puppet Hamlet in an ancient translation. It is a very odd acting company, one of the members is even a gravedigger.

The actors immerse themselves in their roles so much that they eventually succumb to the murderous madness of one of Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedies.

Performance awarded GRAND PRIX at 27th International Festival of Puppet Theatre „SPOTKANIA”.

Production

Teatr RADOST (Divadlo Radost), Brno, Czechia

Creative

Director: Joanna Zdrada
Script, lyrics, dramaturgy: Pavel Trtílek
Set design: Pavel Hubička
Music: Tomasz Lewandovski
Movement cooperation and battles: Petr Nůsek
Puppet animation: Zdeněk Ševčík