How does it feel to jump clear of perturbed Horatio or make some room for the corpse of Polonius, wrapped in a carpet? Have you ever tried to find words, which would console poor Ophelia, standing face to face with you, raving about the sunrise? And how about sitting NEXT TO (literally) Gertrude and Claudius while watching The Mousetrap, wondering if you are still a spectator of Hamlet or if you have just joined the Elsinore court? You probably know the plot of the drama, but… how long? By the way, who is actually caught in the above mentioned trap?
Consufing?
Let`s get confused!

Let`s become a witness of the intrigue, a detective or a chronicler rather, or maybe a spy. One should admit that affairs in real life do not happen sequentially but simultaneously. They overlap one another. You have to choose where to go, who to talk to, what you want to take part in. If you are willing to form an impression – have a nose around, open your eyes wide and lend an ear. If you do so, you will realize, that you have landed in the very middle of the plot.

That`s how I get the “Hamlet” directed by Maja Kleczewska in The Polish Theatre in Poznań.
Oh, one more thing – in fact the drama DOESN`T take place in the THEATRE at all.

Keep in mind, that there is much, much more to discover – and I mean it!  If there is a chance, GO and EXPERIENCE, watch and listen, smell and touch. Or even taste ;-) But now – read about it, ‘meet’ the international cast, find out, why you will put on the phones and how they work, learn about the live music and that there are no seat reservations, look at gorgeous photos here.

I`m neither a drama critic nor a pro photographer. I am just in love with the story of Hamlet. I like the plot, the characters, the language. The famous monologue is simply my favourite, Hamlet`s pipe speech to get even with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern – brilliant and somehow dear to me.

So the pictures are just a memento.

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About the performance (according to the site of The Polish Theatre in Poznań)
Hamlet / ГАМЛЕТ
na podstawie dramatu Williama Shakespeare’a „Hamlet, książę Danii” (tłumaczenie: Stanisław Barańczaka) oraz Heinera Müllera „HamletMaszyna” (tłumaczenie
Jacek Stanisław Buras)
Reżyseria: Maja Kleczewska
Dramaturgia: Łukasz Chotkowski
Scenariusz sceniczny: Maja Kleczewska, Łukasz Chotkowski
Scenografia: Zbigniew Libera
Reżyseria światła oraz zdjęcia: Marcin Koszałka
Kostiumy: Konrad Parol
Muzyka: Cezary Duchnowski
Kierownictwo muzyczne: Adam Domurat
Choreografia: Kaya Kołodziejczyk
Montaż materiałów filmowych Przemysław Chruścielewski
Obsada: Kaya Kołodziejczyk, Teresa Kwiatkowska, Flaunnette Mafa, Дарья Полунина, Alona Szostak, Юрій Чеботаров, Piotr B. Dąbrowski, Michał Sikorski, Paweł Siwiak, Gamou Fall, Michał Kaleta, Wojciech Kalwat, Piotr Kaźmierczak, Роман Луцький, Jakub Papuga, Mandar Purandare, Олег Сергеєв, Andrzej Szubski,
Kamil Matusewicz
współpraca merytoryczna: Paulina Skorupska, asystentka reżyserki, inspicjentka: Magdalena Matusewicz, asystentka scenografa: Ewa Małas, asystent kostiumografa: Emil Wysocki, konsultacje językowe: Martyna Strychalska, produkcja: Zuzanna Głowacka, Andrzej Szwaczyk
Orkiestra Antraktowa Teatru Polskiego w Poznaniu pod batutą Adama Domurata