I am directing and producing a production of Hamlet which is being staged in the GM Fringe Theatre Festival in July 2016.
Poster:
Cast photographs:
(Top to Bottom, Left to Right)
Andy Avery is Hamlet
Alex Herod is Horatio
Rebecca Derrick is Ophelia & Andy Pilkington is Laertes
Si Lloyd is Polonius
Franklyn Jacks is Claudius
Jo Pepper is Gertrude
Hannah Torbit is Guildenstern and Carmen Dooley is Rosencrantz
Luke Richards voices the Ghost of Old Hamlet
In rehearsal:
(Top to Bottom, Left to Right)
“My necessaries are embarked” – Laertes offers advice to Ophelia regarding Hamlet
“Be something scanter of your maiden presence” Polonius provides advice to Ophelia
“Oh speak of that” Claudius is keen to understand why Hamlet is so distressed
“My excellent good friends” Hamlet is initially delighted to see Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
“This is the very coinage of your brain” Gertrude attempts to comfort Hamlet
“Will you be ruled by me?” Claudius recruits Laertes to rid him of Hamlet
“Hold off the earth awhile” Laertes mourns Ophelia
“For in that sleep of death what dreams may come…” Hamlet confronts the futility of his situation and its inevitable conclusion
“He shall not exceed you three hits” Osric outlines the terms of the wager Claudius has made, to Hamlet
