Hamlet: Ode to Odin

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Event Hamlet: Ode to Odin
Venue Esplanade Rose Gardens, West End, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Umbrella Event Summer Shakespeare
First Date 9 March 2007
Last Date 18 March 2007
Dates Estimated No
Status Pro-Am
World Premiere No
Description In order to relate this famous story in an outdoor setting, Lilicherie McGregor, director of this year's Summer Shakespeare celebration, Hamlet: Ode to Odin, has taken the traditional annual al fresco production into new realms. Joining a talented company of actors and musicians from Massey and local theatre groups are troupes of traditional dancers, a community choir, barbershop quartet, capoeira or Brazilian martial arts, and the IPC's taiko drum team.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Tragedy
Promenade
Contributors
Name Function Notes
John Abraham Actor Claudius
Div Collins Actor Laertes
Nancy Fulford Actor Gertrude
Simon Jackson Actor Hamlet
Ralph Johnson Actor Ghost/Polonius
Dione Joseph Actor Ophelia
Mark Kilsby Actor
Hannah Pratt Actor
Suzy Hawes Composer
Cherie Hart Director
William Shakespeare Playwright
Works
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 191767