Alas! Poor Yorick by Ridiculusmus Theatre
Schedule
Thu Oct 10 2024 at 07:30 pm to 08:40 pm
UTC+01:00Location
The Dukes, Lancaster | Lancaster, EN
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If the Two Ronnies were cast as the Gravediggers in Shakespeare’s Hamlet re-written by Samuel Beckett you might have something like Ridiculusmus's “Alas! Poor Yorick”.Mixing the mundane with the magical, moments of banal idiocy are interspersed with ones of cinematic elegance to an underscore of grunts and the odd Shakespearean aside.
The legendary independent theatre double act of Jon Haynes and David Woods pull out every trick in their theatrical playbook to create a fresh take on Shakespeare’s much-loved clowns, re-enacting all the preceding acts of the original and meticulously staging the famous graveyard scene in all its 420 year-old glory.
Flipping the Shakespearean original tragedy into an existential clown piece, Ridiculusmus cast aside chaos and mistaken murders to unearth a beautiful and oddly moving meditation on work, faith and existence, with the prevaricating protagonist offered in a refreshingly contemporary light.
Ridiculusmus is a multi-award winning theatre company that has been producing seriously funny theatre since 1992.
Winners
Herald Scotland Archangel Award
Total Theatre Significant Achievement Award
Peter Brook Open Space Award
Time Out Live Award
Total Theatre Award for Best British Production
Herald Angel Award for Innovation
Green room award for Best Performance
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Where is it happening?
The Dukes, Lancaster, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
