ON TOUR: HAMLET as musical theatre by Olivier Award winners THE TIGER LILLIES and new Danish theatre Republique
Successful Danish musical theatre with international band on tour in Europe.
The Tiger Lillies perform HAMLET - like you’ve never seen it before.
Performed in English at Gothenburg Theatre & Dance Festival: May 19th – 20th 2012.
In September, the production will be performed at Southbank Centre in London: September 19th-23rd 2012.
The Olivier Award winners, British band The Tiger Lillies performs in Danish theatre Republique’s new version of Shakespeare’s great classic HAMLET. The show got nominated for the Danish theatre Award Reumert for best musical theatre of the year. Martin Tulinius, CEO at Republique is director and stage designer. His vision is to create theatre that evokes emotions as beauty and darkness emerge together – with an international format. In this performance he unites music and visual theatre.
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“It’s some scoop to have a Grammy nominated band like The Tiger Lillies in the performance. Together we make music and visual theatre melt into one,” says Martin Tulinius, who have won several Danish Theatre Awards for his performances – among others the visual concept of “The mermaid” (2006), a performance that toured internationally and did very well – in Soutbank Centre, London and Wiener Festwoche for example.
Musical theatre
In Republique’s new HAMLET the text is cut down to the essential story: A man that defines himself in relation to his family. His world crumbles when he starts thinking that his uncle has killed his father and married his mother. The musical theatre performance gives you alluring and poetic pictures, physical theatre, giant puppets and imaginative video projections. And not least the fascinating British world band The Tiger Lillies who unfolds the story about Hamlet with their gypsy-cabaret sound. Is Hamlet playing mad or is he really going mad?
Watch a video from the performance here
Composer and lead singer in the band, Martyn Jaques, has composed the music for the performance and reinterprets Shakespeare in his lyrics. The Tiger Lillies are on stage when THE TIGER LILLIES perform HAMLET is performed at Republique and on the international tour to London, Gothenburg, Lyon, Helsinki etc.
Reviews
The Danish and Swedish critics find that Republique succeeds. Among others, the daily financial newspaper, Børsen and the English newspaper Copenhagen Post gives the performance 5 stars closely followed by 4 stars in Politiken and Jyllands-Posten:
…a sinful ’HAMLET’ that is innovative, imaginative and incredible. (…) It’s an evening that will haunt you for all the right reasons.
5 stars Copenhagen Post (Denmark)
It’s in the love story as such that the performance really grows. Morten Burian and the only 15 years old Nanna Finding Koppel float around like Chagall’s lovers – she balancing on her white bed and finally even walking on water – vertically up the swaying wall. It’s pure magic when Tulinius’ skills as a director and stage designer merge.
4 stars Politiken (Denmark)
Martin Tulinius, the five actors and musicians succeed in making this performance a fulfilled experience that makes Shakespeare burst of vitality. This performance (…) will leave traces in the history of Hamlet.
Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden)
Morten Burian succeeds as one of the most interesting Hamlet characters we've seen - a thoughtful walk towards death.
4 stars Gregersdh.dk
Contact
For interviews and more info, please don’t hesitate to contact Karen Toftegaard at +45 30 85 09 82 or kt@republique.dk
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More facts about the performance - please see attachment in pdf (below).
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