HAMLET/MASHINE

Heiner Müller

 

Translated from German by: Natia Mikeladze

 

Stage Director / Adaptation by: Zurab Getsadze

 

Costume Designer: Sopho Mariam Koridze

 

Set Design: Shota Glurjidze, Zurab Getsadze

 

Composer / Live Performance: Erekle Getsadze

 

Choreographer: Keti Asatiani

 

Video: Giorgi Khositashvili

 

Technical Director: Ela Kazarian

 

Cast:

 

Paata Inaouri, Lia Kapanadze / Nanuka Litanishvili, Nini Iashvili, Keta Shatirishvili, Nika Tserediani, Keti Asatiani, Gagi Shengelia, Jeji Skhirtladze

 

Description:

 

The performance “Hamlet/Machine” offers contemporary audiences an unexpected and original perspective on the centuries-old “Hamlet problem” — the condition of the thinking individual in today’s world. For such a person, it is just as difficult to carry out a well-considered, tradition-based decision as it was for Shakespeare’s character in 1600.

 

The so-called “backbone” of the performance is the modern postmodern text by German playwright Heiner Müller, which seems to reflect ongoing events in today’s world and the state of thinking individuals driven to despair, searching for a way out.

 

The figure of Hamlet is ambiguous and multifaceted, with a focus on the problem of the individual within the chaotic reality of the modern world. It is difficult to determine whether this is imagined madness or not. Hamlet’s inner monologue, as in Shakespeare, exemplifies the intense intellectual and philosophical effort required to shape thought.

 

Hamlet’s famous question “to be or not to be” loses its meaning, as even the finest representatives of humanity have little chance of escaping the whirlwind of “collective crimes” unfolding in the world.

 

Duration | 85 minutes / one act