We give Ophelia back her voice so that she can express herself. Maybe we will hear this voice coming from far, far away, asking if now is the time for a change, a break in the vicious circle, stopping the machine and ending the old order. Or maybe, following Müller’s vision in “Hamletmachine”, to wake up we need a return of Electra who, equipped with a butcher’s knife and poison will walk through our bedrooms. It’s not too late to hear Ophelia’s voice, begging us for a better world.
director, project manager: Przemysław Błaszczak
video art: Adrian Jackowski
lighting engineer: Dawid Ilczyszyn
production: Zarzewie Foundation and the Grotowski Institute
This performance piece is inspired by William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” and Heiner Müller’s “HamletMachine”. The script incorporates excerpts from William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”.
premiere: 24.10.2020
Anita Szymańska, Marie Walker, Martine Vrieling van Tuijl