In the last month the Globe to Globe Hamlet company have performed in the Pacific Islands including playing outdoors in the world’s smallest country Nauru.
It’s the thing every traveller dreads - your luggage has been delayed. For the performances in Kiribati and Micronesia the stage management team had to improvise props whilst the cast had to perform in their own clothes.
Props included using locally sourced Halloween skulls and snooker cues as swords. Despite not being ideal our team proved that it is Shakespeare’s words and the way they are performed that really make him great as this review of the show in Micronesia.
The team were finally reunited with their trunks of props and costumes in Taiwan before they travelled to South East Asia. There was a huge rush at th performance in Cambodia where over 1000 local students ran into the theatre once the doors opened! The company’s final stop was in Bangladesh, Dhaka where the tickets sold out in 30 minutes.
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Watch the Hamlet company perform the jig in Micronesia. Despite the challenges of having no set and no costume, they put on a great show which was a complete success. They danced and sung using some local borrowed instruments. Although it wasn’t as intended, it felt like a liberating experience and
the crowd was captivated (see this review). Bravo, Hamleteers!
We performed Hamlet at Wan Smolbag Theatre tonight, an incredible black box theatre soundproofed with coconuts! I saw their company perform ‘Kakae Rat’ last night in the same space with a packed audience full of adults and kids - a wonderful atmosphere and brilliant performances by the actors. Vanuatu is a beautiful country and I’m so impressed by this company. Check them out of the link below x
Dear All, Our first taste of the vast Pacific and its many paradisal islands. Though we arrived safe & well, on this occasion not all the gear, props & costume made the flight in time. The show must go on - and with swords provided by the High Commission, incredible support from students & staff at the University of South Pacific & the impressive ingenuity of our SM’s A, B, C, D we were able to perform a great show to a lovely crowd. Two days later we return here from Tuvalu for a traditional Fijian Cava [sic] ceremony, singing, dancing - and with tongues still tingling we head to Samoa. Lots of love Tommy et al x”
