A spokesperson says---
“...Kicking off an ongoing partnership between BAM and London’s National Theatre, director Robert Hastie (Operation Mincemeat) brings his witty, fearlessly contemporary take on Hamlet across the Atlantic for a four-week run. Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this sharp, darkly funny reimagining of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
Since its first staging at BAM in 1861, Hamlet has returned more than a dozen times, helmed by luminaries like Ingmar Bergman, Peter Brook, and Thomas Ostermeier. Now, Hastie’s fresh new production marks yet another groundbreaking entry into BAM’s legacy of daring Hamlets..."
CAST:
Hiran Abeysekera (Hamlet), Maureen Beattie (First Player), Joe Bolland (Guildenstern), Matthew Cottle (Polonius), Tim Dewberry (Marcellus/Captain), Ayesha Dharker (Gertrude), Ryan Ellsworth (Ghost/Player King/First Gravedigger), Tom Glenister (Laertes), Mary Higgins (Osric/Voltemand), Liz Jadav (Nurse/Priest), Kiren Kebaili-Dwyer (Fortinbras), Hari Mackinnon (Rosecrantz), Francesca Mills (Ophelia), Sophia Papadopoulos (Cornelius/English Ambassador/Second Gravedigger), Alistair Petrie (Claudius), Seb Slade (Francisco/Reynaldo), Noel White (Bernardo), Tessa Wong (Horatio)
CREATIVE TEAM:
William Shakespeare (Writer), Robert Hastie (Director), Ben Stones (Set & Costume Designer), Jessica Hung Han Yun (Lighting Designer), Alexandra Faye Braithwaite (Sound Designer), Richard Taylor (Composer), Ira Mandela Siobhan (Movement/Choreographer), Kate Waters (Fight Director), Georgie Straight (Associate Director), Alastair Coomer (Casting), Martin Poile (Casting)
