Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
By Tom Stoppard
1st August - 4th August, 7pm; 8th August - 11th August, 7pm
The Cellar Theatre
“A pale sky before dawn, a man standing on his saddle to bang on the shutters - shout - what’s all the row about?! Clear off! - But then he called our names. You remember that - this man woke us up. We were sent for.”
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are waiting in the wings of ‘Hamlet’. They don’t quite remember how they got here, who summoned them, or why they’re here. ‘Hamlet’ goes on around them, sometimes they are swept up and sometimes they are left behind. They talk about life, they ponder free will, they question the law of probability. They make it to the castle, are put on a boat headed to England. And they die.
‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’ gives the two (very) minor characters from ‘Hamlet’ around 120 confusing minutes to live, ponder, and die. This play will make you wonder if perhaps you too are waiting in the wings of someone else’s ‘Hamlet’, and what, if anything, you can, or should, do about it.
Cast:
Guildenstern | Dani Maher
Rosencrantz | Max Peacock
The Player | Jasmine Cavanough
Hamlet | Fred Pryce
Claudius | Thomas Hanaee
Gertrude | Emilia McGrath
Polonius | Theo Murray
Ophelia | Phoebe Haylen
Horatio | Riley Dolahenty
Fortinbras | Ernst Nel
Alfred | Sophia Bryant
Crew:
Director | Jess Zlotnick
Producer | Jodi Rabinowitz
Assistant Director | Georgia Britt
Set Designer | Camille Karski
Assistant Set Designer | Rebecca Howarth
Lighting Designer | Lincoln Gidney
Assistant Lighting Designer | Ciara O’Neill
Sound Designers | Georgia Condon & Henry Hulme
Assistant Costume Designer | Taylor Angelo
Graphic Designer | Elliot Ulm
Production Assistant | Jake Parker
Stage Manager | Charlie Breene
Photography by | Jake Starr
With special thanks to: The Forest Lodge Hotel, Griffin Theatre Company, the 2018 SUDS Executive
Pulp review
“… not so much a play as a well-oiled machine”
Honi Soit review
“… a simultaneously hilarious and macabre reflection on all things existential”