The Tragedy of Hamlet: the Prince of Denmark

About the show

ShowOne Productions presents The Tragedy of Hamlet: the Prince of Denmark (created by Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté). Legendary director Robert Lepage and dancer/choreographer Guillaume Côté re-imagine one of the theatre’s most persistent and haunting stories. Shakespeare’s play enjoys a limited return engagement at the Elgin Theatre. This production is a wordless take on the emblematic tale of a man consumed by doubt and perhaps descending into madness after his father dies under troubling circumstances. This version of Hamlet mines the essential narratives of Shakespeare’s complex examination of the human condition. With a weaving of classic and contemporary choreography, performed by a company of nine dancers, Côté himself stars as the troubled Dane.

Côté and Lepage’s creation pulls the audience deep into a world of deceptiveness, where ghosts and humans mingle on a minimalist set on which light, shadow and transparency play a central role. This metaphorical reinterpretation of the Shakespearian drama draws a fine line between movements of the body and what may or may not be lurking within the corners of the mind.