Video by Jessica Knowles

Marowitz Hamlet

March 15-24, 2012
By William Shakespeare & Charles Marowitz

Guest Director Charles Marowitz
Co-Director Fran Gebhard
Set and Lighting Designer Bryan Kenney
Costume Designer Michelle Lo
Stage Manager Denay Amaral

What if one were to cut Shakespeare's masterpiece up into individual lines and piece it back together to tell the story anew? This would be a Marowitz play. Using the same poetic language, Charles Marowitz reinvents Shakespeare's classic play, revealing the layers of insanity in a young prince's vengeance. Notorious for his Shakespearean collages, the acclaimed Broadway and West End playwright, director, and critic presents his radical reinterpretation that brings new insight and humour to speeches and characters' motives. Marowitz has worked closely with the Royal Shakespeare Company, co-founded Encore Magazine and was a regular contributor to The New York Times, The London Times, Theater Week, and American Theatre.

Featuring:

Lucas Hall (Hamlet)
Randi Edmundson (Ophelia)
Mik Byskov (Laertes)
Kale Penny (Fortinbras)
Hayley Feigs (Gertrude)
Luke Pennock (Claudius)
Robin Gadsby (Ghost)
Jonathan Mason (Rosencrantz)
Kieran Wilson (Guildenstern)
Alex Frankson (Polonius/Clown)
Ian Simms (Captain/Company Member)
Carol Adamson (Company Member)
Molison Farmer (Company Member)

March 15 - 24, 2012
Previews @ 8 PM: March 13 & 14
Evenings @ 8 PM: March 15 (opening), 16* (lecture), 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, & 24
Matinee @ 2 PM: March 24

Friday, March 16 @ 7 PM
Michael Best, Professor Emeritus in the Department of English and the Founder and Coordinating Editor of Internet Shakespeare Editions, talks about how playwrights have been recycling and reinventing play material over the ages. He also places Charles Marowitz's reinterpretation of Hamlet into this historical context. Click below to listen now.

Listen to the pre-show lecture

Box office: Opens March 6, 2012
Call: 250.721.8000

For ticket prices, click here.

Seating Plan: Roger Bishop Theatre

Photo: David Lowes

The Clown (Alex Frankson) and Hamlet (Lucas Hall) re-watch Hamlet’s memories in Charles Marowitz's radical reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s classic where much of the action happens in Hamlet’s own mind. The Phoenix Theatre's presentation The Marowitz Hamlet runs until March 24, 2012. (Photo: David Lowes)

Photo: David Lowes Caption

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In a play-within-a-play, Hamlet (Lucas Hall) speculates on actions he should have/could have taken as the Ghost of his father stands in for the King. Marowitz's radical reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s classic where much of the action happens in Hamlet’s own mind. The Phoenix Theatre's presentation The Marowitz Hamlet runs until March 24, 2012. (Photo: David Lowes)

Photo: David Lowes

Laertes (Mik Byskov) sits over the grave of his sister Ophelia (Randi Edmundson) while Hamlet (Lucas Hall) and the the Queen (Hayley Feigs) observe from afar in the Phoenix Theatre's presentation of Charles Marowitz's radical reinterpretation of Hamlet. The Marowitz Hamlet runs until March 24, 2012. (Photo: David Lowes)

Photo: David Lowes

Hamlet's (Lucas Hall) feels judged by his dead father (Robin Gadsby), the Queen, King and others of the court in the Phoenix Theatre's presentation of Charles Marowitz's radical reinterpretation of Hamlet. The Marowitz Hamlet runs until March 24, 2012. (Photo: David Lowes)

Fortinbras (Kale Penny) counsels Hamlet (Lucas Hall) to be strong in the Phoenix Theatre's presentation of Charles Marowitz's radical reinterpretation of Hamlet. The Marowitz Hamlet runs until March 24, 2012. (Photo: David Lowes)

Hamlet (Lucas Hall) confronts himself in Charles Marowitz's radical reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s classic where much of the action happens in Hamlet’s own mind. The Phoenix Theatre's presentation The Marowitz Hamlet runs until March 24, 2012. (Photo: David Lowes)

Photo: David Lowes