Hamlet in Isolation
To be or not to be….You know the rest
Six Hamlets on six computers for six weeks. Hamlet in Isolation is a theatre mini series exploring isolation in the one of the most isolating times in history: the Covid-19 pandemic. Six actor/director partnerships devised an original performance inspired from the most iconic monologues from Shakespeare’s greatest character. Join online each week for this digital theatrical experiment of Shakespeare during the time of plague in the 21st century. Created from the original text, adapted by three directors and performed by six Albertan artists, each playing the role of Hamlet for the first time. The rest is silence.
Production History
Thou Art Here Theatre | Digital Theatre Show | May – June 2021
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
Hamlet: Philip (Lin) Hackborn
Hamlet: Dayna Lea Hoffmann
Hamlet: Deedra Salange LaDouceur
Hamlet: Marguerite Lawler
Hamlet: Andrés Moreno
Hamlet: Kiana Woo
Directors: Sydney Campbell, desirée leverenz, & Andrew Ritchie
Scenographer: Whittyn Jason
Stage Managers: Roxanne Côté, Lauren McCarthy, & Andrea Handal Rivera
Technical Director: Trent Crosby
Production Assistant: Kiidra Duhault
Digital Promotion: Tynan Boyd
Support
We acknowledge the support of the Province of Alberta through the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
SELECTED PRESS
“How all occasions do inform against me. And spur my dull revenge. Those words resonate for many affected by the pandemic, especially those in the arts community whose work was declared non-essential”
“When you watch several (episodes), the pieces will be in conversation with each other,” Ritchie hopes, “an interesting exploration of the text” affected by who the actors are since they’re filmed in their own personal habitat.”
“Ruminations on mortality and meaning. All very Of This Moment, don’t you think?”
“Considering the decline in Canadians’ mental health, especially among youth, audiences are bound to find the character’s plight familiar”