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VenueChapter Arts Centre
Also: Seligman Theatre
TownCardiff
CountyGlamorgan
From7th May 2010
To8th May 2010
When20:00
PricesFrom £8.00. To £8.00.
Chapter Arts Centre (V827)
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Surprise Performance (Montreal Canada) - Hamletown

Work:: Surprise Performance (Montreal Canada) (S1633182934)


Production:: Hamletown (T01458147596)

Surprise Performance present the next phase in their Hamletown project. This experimental mash up of theatre, performance art, rock concert, dance, film and installation follows a three week creation period with a team of Welsh and UK-based young artists. Fusing Shakespeare’s Hamlet with the events leading up to the Jonestown massacre in 1978, Hamletown explores the possibility of utopia. The project was initiated by Chad Dembski in 2007 and presented at Cameron House Videocabaret and the Harbourfront Centre, both in Toronto. Past collaborators including: Andrea Davis, Ulysses Castellanos, Michael Challenor, Sherri Hay, Peter O’Neill, Evan Webber, Michael Wheeler and Eve Wylden. Cardiff collaborators include Brent Morgan, Michael Aubin, Aleks Wojtulewicz, Catherine Capelin, John Norton, Gordon Griffen, Bethany Seddon, Helena Harrison and Shekira Johnson.
Author Chad Dembski
Author Bryn Jennings
Director Chad Dembski
Director Bryn Jennings

Listing:: L1994197577




Hamletown

Surprise Performance present the next phase in their Hamletown project. This experimental mash up of theatre, performance art, rock concert, dance, film and installation follows a three week creation period with a team of Welsh and UK-based young artists. Fusing Shakespeare’s Hamlet with the events leading up to the Jonestown massacre in 1978, Hamletown explores the possibility of utopia. The project was initiated by Chad Dembski in 2007 and presented at Cameron House Videocabaret and the Harbourfront Centre, both in Toronto. Past collaborators including: Andrea Davis, Ulysses Castellanos, Michael Challenor, Sherri Hay, Peter O’Neill, Evan Webber, Michael Wheeler and Eve Wylden. Cardiff collaborators include Brent Morgan, Michael Aubin, Aleks Wojtulewicz, Catherine Capelin, John Norton, Gordon Griffen, Bethany Seddon, Helena Harrison and Shekira Johnson.

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