Hamlet | Collage
Гамлет | Коллаж
"Hamlet | Collage" is Robert Lepage's first production in Moscow and the largest joint cultural project between Russia and Canada. Audiences around the world know Robert Lepage's work from "The Far Side of the Moon," "The Andersen Project," "Lipsynch," the famous Cirque du Soleil show, and many others. Lepage agreed to stage a production in Moscow after meeting Evgeny Mironov in person and visiting the newly reconstructed building of the Theatre of Nations.
Actors
Starring
Takes part in the performance
Crew
Stage designer
Carl Fillion
Costume designer
Franşois St-Aubin
Music & Sound
Josuė Beaucage
Video designer
Lionel Arnould
Lighting designer
Bruno Matte
Props
Claudia Gendreau
All the characters in the production, performed by Evgeny Mironov, are essentially enclosed within the space of a programmed cube-constructor, onto which the latest video projection techniques cast images of the palace hall, a library, a garden gazebo, an office, or a ship's cabin. Here Polonius is killed, here Ophelia dies, here Hamlet speaks with "poor Yorick" and delivers the great monologue: "To be or not to be..."
Robert Lepage: "Hamlet's main problem is that he thinks too much. He can't find a solution to the problem. He's a character who is constantly working his brain. In the end, the powerful symbol of theater and of 'Hamlet' is the skull. That's why Shakespeare creates this huge scene with a skull — after all, it's also a human head. Of course, I don't have all the answers to my many questions. So it was interesting to do something with a single actor, with a single actor's head."
"Hamlet | Collage" received the XXIII Theater Award "Crystal Turandot," the "Made in Russia" award from Snob magazine, and the "Theatergoer's Star" award. It was also nominated for the national "Golden Mask" award.
The production has toured in St. Petersburg (Russia), Singapore, Tel Aviv (Israel), Bucharest (Romania), and Istanbul (Turkey).
- Winner of the 23rd Crystal Turandot Theatre Award in the «Best Male Actor» category (Evgeniy Mironov)
- Winner of the «Made in Russia» Award by Snob magazine
- Winner of the «Theatre Star» Award in the «Best Production» category
- Nominations for the Golden Mask Award:
«Best Drama Production»,
«Best Director’s Work»,
«Best Male Actor»,
«Best Stage Design»,
«Best Costume Design»
Language
Russian
Runtime
2 hours 15 minutes, TBC
2019
16+
