Photos from when we performed in Mauritania back in February.
Photos by Marc Boyd, 16.02.2016
In Rwanda, a power cut meant the whole set had to be moved outdoors, which the company managed to do in a fast 22 minutes! The audience were wonderful and engaged, and stuck with the company through the set move. The open air, outdoor setting opened up the company’s playing space and made for a very special show, and Jen played Horatio for the first time.
Photos: Dave McEvoy, Jen Leong & Dr Malcolm Cocks
Throwback Thursday: that time in Rwanda when we moved the set from inside out in 22 minutes. A feat of technical theatre and stage management!
90 Seconds with one of our stage managers, Adam Moore, who, like all of the company, has been to nearly 130 countries now.
Sneak a peek at Ladi Emeruwa’s (Hamlet) fight call in Brunei in slo-mo!
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!
Some lovely photos from Hanoi, Vietnam - building the set, posing with the audience and a shot of the music.
Lovely backstage and rehearsal photos by Ferne Millen from our show in Geelong, Australia.
The trouble with no set and no costume in Kiribati, meant that there weren’t any in Marshall Islands either. Our amazing SMs had to figure it out almost from scratch.
Betio Sports Centre, South Tarawa, Kiribati
25th June 2015
COUNTRY NUMBER 112
None of our set or costume arrived, so we had to do the performance in our own clothes! Here’s the makeshift set our stage managers organised…
Our Hamleteers have run into a spot of trouble with excess luggage, and have arrived in Kiribati with no set and no costume. amandawilkin has sent us a photo where you can see the skulls which they managed to source locally to feature as Yorick!
Also from Amanda: “Last night I was told ‘peace, sit you down’ onstage & realised there was no chair or stool! And, no swords! Hamlet and Laertes fought with snooker cues last night”.
project-managing the globe’s production of hamlet in the ECOSOC chamber at the UN, part two. august 2014.
Part two of Throwback Thursday to that time we did a show at the UN.
project-managing the globe’s production of hamlet in the ECOSOC chamber at the UN, part one. august 2014.
Throwback Thursday for us - the amazing experience of doing a show at the United Nations.
Carrie Burnham, one of our stage managers sent us this from Fiji:
Half our set is still in Auckland…what would Dave do? Build it anyway!
With a little imagination, cable ties, local resources and snooker cues.
A quick peek behind the curtain while Hamlet speaks with Ophelia. See how the rest of the cast changes over from the players into the court.
Travelling with the Hamlet trunks.
The Hamlet set is completely portable, and packs down into bespoke trunks, which the company carry with them wherever they go. The trunks themselves are also used as part of the set!
From top to bottom:
The company on stage at the Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre; the trunks at the airport, loaded into a lorry, and brought into the theatre; trunks lined up on stage; Matt and the stage managers unpack and set up; stage managers Dave and Carrie; the Hamlet curtain.
© Bronwen Sharp
