The Arshinagar Project (Kolkata) in association with The Hive presents IF IT BE NOW - FRAGMENTS AND IMPRESSIONS OF HAMLET...
June 15, 2015 2:54:36 PM IST MTG editorial
The piece IF IT BE NOW- FRAGMENTS AND IMPRESSIONS OF HAMLET is based on works by Boris Pasternak, Heiner Muller, Jan Kott and others, as well as original writing and Shakespeare's play. Combining elements of structured action and improvisation, it looks, not for meaning or a message, but at experience - at an utterly human Hamlet, trapped inside a prison of words, giving birth to him in the immediacy of the now, responding as much to the physical space and the presence of the watchers, as to the universe of Hamlet. In effect, this is a passion play that tries to find illumination out of darkness.
(The performance has violent images and explicit content, hence viewer discretion is advised. It is open only to those above 18 years of age).