Hamlet
Originally Written by William Shakespeare
Adapted and Directed by Stephen Drover
Apprentice Directed by Ming Hudson
A young Danish prince returns home to mourn the death of his father only to uncover a dark secret he cannot ignore. His struggle to move forward with action and purpose awakens deep questions about life, existence, and if it’s better “To be or not to be.” As he attempts to make sense of a world that has shifted beneath him, we are invited to see ourselves in Hamlet and to consider the blurry lines around loyalty, self, and all the things that are in heaven and earth.
(Summer 2024) New Production - produced by Bard on the Beach
Team
Stage Manager: Joanne P.B. Smith
Apprentice Stage Manager: Jennifer Stewart
Apprentice Stage Manager Harlow Nguyen
Choreographer & Intimacy Director: Lisa Goebel
Fight Director: Jonathan Hawley Purvis
Set Designer: Pam Johnson
Assistant Set Designer: Emerenne Saefkow
Costume Designer: Barbara Clayden
Assistant Costume Designer: Sarah Sosick
Lighting Designer: Gerald King
Assistant Lighting Designer: Jamie Sweeney
Composer & Sound Designer: Mary Jane Coomber
Head Voice & Text Coach: Alison Matthews
Vocal Coach: Alana Hawley Purvis
HAMLET Trailer | June 13 to September 20, 2024 | Bard on the Beach
Video: Art Left Creative
Reviews
Vancouver Sun: Jerry Wasserman
Independent: Jo Ledingham
Independent: Colin Thomas
Cast:
Ophelia - Kate Besworth
Guildenstern/Paparazzi/Ensemble - Ivy Charles
Ensemble/Paparazzi/Servant/Agent - Evelyn Chew
Gertrude - Jennifer Clement
Rosencrantz/Paparazzi/Priest - Aidan Correia
Horatio - Matthew Ip Shaw
Laertes - Nathan Kay
Ensemble/Servant/Agent - Camille Legg
Gravedigger/Marcellus/Player 2/Agent/Lord - Anton Lipovetsky
Hamlet (from Sept. 2, 2024) - Chirag Naik
Osric/Player 3/Ensemble - Christine Quintana
Claudius - Munish Sharma
Hamlet (until Sept. 1, 2024) - Nadeem Phillip Umar Khitab
Polonius/Ensemble - Andrew Wheeler
Ghost - Marcus Youssef
Understudies:
For Guildenstern/Paparazzi/Gravedigger/Marcellus/Agent/Lord - Evelyn Chew
For Laertes/Player 2 - Charlie Gallant
For Gertrude/Osric/Player/Ensemble - Olivia Hutt
For Hamlet - Nathan Kay
For Horatio/Rosencrantz/Paparazzi/Priest - Camille Legg
For Claudius/Ghost - Billy Marchenski
For Ophelia - Christine Quintana
For Polonius - Marcus Youssef
Gallery
Photography: Tim Matheson
