In the twilight of a pre-colonial Zimbabwe, a world of unyielding beliefs and ritual, where the afterlife and the present co-exist: two young men.
The first Hamlet, a tribal prince, confronts madness vs reason as he returns to find his father murdered, his mother incoherent and a new dangerous chief has taken over.
The other, Leartes, falls victim to the new ruler as he must revenge the death of his father and that of his sister who finds herself in the ultimate peril.
As the corpses mount, who buries who, and what danger is lurking in the wings of this small kingdom?
Two actors, two props and the convergence of two cultures are all it takes to create an urgent, poetic and spiritual re imagining of the rarely seen First Quarto of Shakespeare’s classic as the award winning Two Gents Productions’ return.
2011
Thursday 12 – Saturday 14 May,
- Hull Truck Theatre, Hull
Friday 3 June,
- Rich Mix, London
Tuesday 7 – Thursday 9 June
- Tara Arts, London
Monday 4 July
- Shakespeare Festival – Neuss Globe, Neuss, Germany
UK Tour Autumn 2010!
Friday 30 July – Wednesday 4 August
– Shakespeare Festival in Gdańsk, Poland
In Association with The Watermill Theatre:
- Wednesday 13 October, The Lambourn Centre
- Thursday 14 October, Aldeburgh
- Friday 15 October, Chippenham, Neeld Hall
- Saturday 16 October, The Pound Arts Centre, Corsham
- Monday 18 October, Chipping Norton Theatre
- Tuesday 19 October, Wokingham Town Hall
- Wednesday 20 October, The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock
- Thursday 21 October, SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle
- Friday 22 October, St Peter’s Church, Peterchurch
- Saturday 23 October, Marlborough, Theatre on the Hill
- Tuesday 26 October, The Gulbenkian, Canterbury
- Wednesday 27 October, The Croft Hall, Hungerford
- Saturday 30 October, Hullavington Village Hall
- Monday 1 November, Welford Park
- Tuesday 2 November, Ascot, St Mary’s School
- Wednesday 3 – Saturday 6 November, Theatre Royal Bath, The Ustinov
- Monday 8 – Saturday 13 November, Watermill Theatre
- Tuesday 16th November – Saturday 4th December, Oval House Theatre, London
- Wednesday 8th – Thursday 9th December, Ashcroft Arts Centre, Hampshire