29th Sep 2011 - 7:30pm
Sandwell
The Madness of Hamlet (Kupenga Kwa Hamlet)
In the Twilight of a Pre-colonial Zimbabwe, a world of unyielding beliefs and ritual, where the afterlife and the presence co-exist, Hamlet, a tribal prince, returns home to find his father murdered, his mother incoherent and a new, dangerous chief in power.
AS the corpses mount,who buries who, and what danger is lurking in the wings of this small kingdom?
Two Actors, two props and the convergence of two cultures are all it takes to create an urgent, poetic and spiritual re imagining of the rarely seen First Quarto of Sahkespeare’s classic as the award winning Two Gents Productions return.
On previous Two Gents Productions:
“Seriously entertaining…..Zimbabwean actors Denton Chikura and Tonderai Munyevu play all fifteen roles with musical aplomb, skillfully tempered by emotional insight”.
The Observer
