Hamlet:
Death machine
Based on the play by William Shakespeare.
Role
Theatre Director
Date
2013
Duration
2 hour
Les Kurbas National Theatrical Art Centre.
Kyiv. Ukraine
Location
Based on the play by William Shakespeare
Adaptation by Yasha Gudzenko
Set and costumes by Yasha Gudzenko
The premiere took place on March, 12th 2013 in Les Kurbas National Theatrical Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine.
This performance get Special prize for director's debut by Theater Member's Association of Ukraine.
Moral fundamentals of Shakespeare’s play in a new reading. A view into the chaotic, immoral, and vulgar society of today. Each actor here is a musician, who owns a certain instrument, through which characters of each actor are shown. Monologues are solved by ‘Songs’. Through alienation (Brechtian V-effekt) reveal actors their pain for the fake world, how Shakespeare saw it.