Ex Machina / Robert Lepage & Guillaume Côté Danse








	Hamlet, Prince of Denmark


Hamlet, Prince of Denmark © Stéphane Bourgeois PHOTOS VIDEO		Hamlet is in a dark place. Full of doubt, and perhaps touched by madness. After the death of his father under questionable circumstances, he loses his footing... Is his entourage lying to him? Is his mind, muddled with apparitions, failing? When reason wavers, how can we distinguish between truth and falsehood, how can we distinguish between the faithful and the traitors? Co-created by choreographer Guillaume Côté and director Robert Lepage, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark immerses the viewer in a world of deceptive appearances, where ghosts and humans rub shoulders in a minimalist scenography. Light, shadows and transparency play a central role. This metaphorical reinterpretation of Shakespeare's narrative draws the fine line between what is and what is not in the vagaries of the mind and the movements of the body. World premiere: 03 April 2024, Show One Productions, Elgin Theatre, Toronto (CA). EX MACHINA / ROBERT LEPAGE CÔTÉ DANSE / GUILLAUME CÔTÉ Designed and Directed by Robert Lepage Co-designed and Choreographed by Guillaume Côté Based on the work by William Shakespeare Creative Director: Steve Blanchet Assistant Director: Félix Dagenais Creative Assistant and Rehearsal Director: Anisa Tejpar Composer: John Gzowski Associate Set and Props Designer: Vanessa Cadrin Lighting Designer: Simon Rossiter Costume Designer: Michael Gianfrancesco, Monika Onoszko Artistic Collaborator: Olivier Normand Fight Consultant: Jack Rennie Dancers: Guillaume Côté, Greta Hodgkinson, Robert Glumbek, Carleen Zouboules, Lukas Malkowski, Bernard Meney, Natasha Poon Woo, Connor Mitton, Willem Sadler Produced by Ex Machina/Côté Danse/Dvoretsky Productions In co-production with «Marin Sorescu» National Theatre and Shakespeare Foundation Craiova \| Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur \| Ville d’Alma Spectacles \| Danse Danse, Montréal \| Straz Center, Tampa \| Le Diamant, Québec \| Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington \| Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, Vienna \| Western Carolina University, Cullowhee \| Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington \| Lied Center for Performing Arts, Lincoln \| Baku International Arts Festival \| Maison des arts de Créteil Developed in collaboration with the National Creation Fund at Canada's National Arts Centre. This production was developed with the support of TO Live. Producer - Ex Machina: Stéphane Mongeau Producer - Côté Danse: Etienne Lavigne Founding Executive Producer - Côté Danse: Emmanuelle Gattuso Producer - Dvoretsky Productions: Svetlana Dvoretsky Associate Production - Europe and Japan: Richard Castelli - Epidemic Associate Production - The Americas, Asia (except Japan), Australia, NZ: Menno Plukker Theatre Agent Associate Production - United States: IMG Artists - Matthew Bledsoe