Details
$25Date(s)
Oct 30, 2019 – Nov 3, 2019
Contact
BAM.org
Location
BAM Fisher
321 Ashland Pl
Brooklyn, NY 11217
This is a BAM Next Wave 2019 presentation
Overview
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Hamnet
A Dead Centre production
Written and directed by Ben Kidd and Bush Moukarzel
Shakespeare had a son named Hamnet. He was 11 when he died. A tragedy that passed as barely a footnote in history. This is our chance to hear from him.
Irish theater company Dead Centre grapples with the shadows that surround a spotlight. This stunning play puts a boy on center stage—an unassuming embodiment of tragedy, mortality, legacy, and longing—whose destiny is not to be.
Text by Bush Moukarzel, Ben Kidd and William Shakespeare
Dramaturgy by Michael West
Set design by Andrew Clancy
Costume design by Grace O’Hara
Lighting design by Stephen Dodd
Sound design by Kevin Gleeson
Video design by José Miguel Jiménez
Choreography by Liv O’Donoghue
Presented with support from Culture Ireland
Leadership support for theater at BAM provided by The SHS Foundation and The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
“A remarkable piece about an 11-year old boy, who, in searching for his father, also tries to understand family relationships, childhood and parenthood.”—Financial Times
Photo courtesy of the artist
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