 Event |
The Rehearsal, Playing the Dane
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| Venue |
TSB Arena, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Umbrella Event |
New Zealand International Arts Festival 2012 |
| First Date |
24 February 2012 |
| Opening Date |
24 February 2012 |
| Last Date |
28 February 2012 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Who is going to be, or not to be, Hamlet? That is the question you are faced with during this purgatorial presentation of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy. Highly innovative, witty and engaging, this is an irreverent riff on Hamlet that does not so much update or deconstruct the play as explode it.The first half of the production is staged as an audition where our would-be Hamlets variously interpret the lead, attempting to impress the director and the audience with their unique takes on the troubled prince. But can anyone escape playing the ‘Great’ Dane? Aren’t we all the main part? In the sec |
| Description Source |
Programme |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Tragedy
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| Text Nationality |
Ireland
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| Production Nationality |
Ireland
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
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Description |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
155253 |
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