New York's groundbreaking theatre company The Wooster Group re-imagines Shakespeare's classic tragedy attempting to reconstruct the ghost of the legendary 1964 Hamlet production.
Tracing the story of humanity’s first migration into space, Leaving Planet Earth asks fundamental questions about our connection to this planet in a fusion of live interactive performance with innovative technologies.
A mesmerising deconstruction of Franz Kafka's seminal novella telling a story of a travelling salesman awaking one day to discover that he has been transformed into a giant insect.
A video reconstruction of the landmark 1977 production Rumstick Road which combined audio taped conversations, family letters, dance, 35mm slides and the writing of Mary Baker Eddy.
A video of a complete performance of the 1999 OBIE-winning collision of Gertrude Stein’s Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights with Joseph Mawra’s B-movie classic, Olga’s House of Shame.
A video of the 2002 OBIEwinning production of Racine’s Phèdre, set in a mobile modernist landscape of sliding Plexiglass panels, omnipresent monitors, hidden cameras, and badminton…
A screening of three pieces on video from the Wooster Group archive: The Emperor Jones; Today, I Must Sincerely Congratulate You; Rhyme ’Em to Death
Utilising techniques of theatre, films, comics, animation, photography and music, Histoire d’amour explores a world where guilt and responsibility disappear under the shadows of impunity and silence.
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