Rosencrantz And Guildenstern are dead

By Tom Stoppard, Directed by Robert Wallis & Will Hunter

Tuesday 16 - Saturday  20 June 19:45 with afternoon matinee at 15:00 on Saturday 20 June.

Putney Arts Theatre - Main Stage

About the play:

Two minor characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet suddenly find themselves at the centre of a story they do not understand and cannot seem to influence.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern pass the time flipping coins, trading riddles, and trying to figure out just what is going on with the Prince of Denmark. As they stumble in and out of Shakespeare’s tragedy, they encounter the mysterious Player King and his troupe of Tragedians, actors who embrace blood, death, and rhetoric as all part of the show – which is to say, life.

What begins as a comic rumination on chance and circumstance deepens into a haunting exploration of what it means to exist when your part is already written.

Tom Stoppard’s 1966 breakout is a dazzling blend of existential comedy, verbal acrobatics, and theatrical playfulness that reframes Shakespeare’s play from the wings.

Cast List:

Rosencrantz - Lonje Kalanda

Guildenstern - Rob Ryan

The Player - Eric Petrossian

Hamlet - Nathan Chatelier

Claudius - Ian Cooke

Gertrude - Julia Blyth

Polonius - Edward Ogilvie

Ophelia - Anastasia Babich

Tragedians - Emma Buckley, Eve Newton, Finton McCluskey, Kelsey Norris, Nora Holman, Rebecca Fallon

Crew List:

Co-Directors - Rob Wallis & Will Hunter

Production Managers - Stuart Watson & Veronika Wilson

Stage Manager - Sophie Turnbull

ASMs - Louise Bradshaw (&TBC)

Stage Designer - Lexa Barbulescu

Lighting Designer - TBC

Sound Designer - Owen Thomas James

Costume Designer - Alexa Adam

Movement Director - Lyndall Brown

This amateur production of “Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd www.concordtheatricals.co.uk