Micro-Shakespeare

Five miniature theatres. Each seating two, three or four festival visitors. One of them gets behind the little red curtain, the other[s] take their seat[s] as spectator[s]. All of them are given headphones to wear. The performer, who has a box of objects in front of him, follows the instructions on his headphones, while the spectators hear an eight-minute version of one of Shakespeare’s dramas. Thanks to the imaginative performance the story only gains in expressive power. To smile or not to smile: no question.

Coproduction with The National Theatre [GB]