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Down syndrome actors deconstruct Hamlet and what makes good theatre or acting
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Peruvian theatre company Teatro La Plaza's Hamlet takes vignettes from Shakespeare's play to deconstruct assumptions around good theatre and acting.
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Teatro La Plaza
Drama Centre Theatre
May 21, 8pm
Peruvian theatre company Teatro La Plaza’s Hamlet is neither Shakespeare’s towering tragedy (as its unadorned name might imply) nor a contemporary transposition (as last year’s marvellous Lear was). The actors declare early on – soon after re-enacting the original play’s gothic opening scene – that no one will be getting Shakespeare’s Hamlet today, at least not straightforwardly so.
