Hamlet, Prince of Denmark © Stéphane Bourgeois
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.
First draft: 26 July 2023, Festival des arts de Saint-Sauveur, (Qc, CA).
Premiere: 3 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
Producer - Ex Machina: Michel Bernatchez
Associate producer: Hélène Paradis
Producer - Côté Danse: Etienne Lavigne
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
Ex Machina is funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts et des
lettres du Québec and the City of Québec
