Hamlet/Machine

Start: 20:00A play in one actDuration - 85 minutes The play "Hamlet/The Machine" offers the modern audience an unexpected, original look at the "Hamlet problem" posed centuries ago - the situation of a thinking man in today's world, for whom it is as difficult to make a decision based on customs, well thought out and considered as it was for Shakespeare's character in 1600. The so-called performance "Kherkhemal" is a modern postmodern text by the German playwright Heiner Müller, which seems to be written about the current events in the world and the situation of thinking people who have reached the point of despair and the search for a solution. Hamlet's face is ambiguous and multi-meaning, the focus is on the human problem in the crazy reality of the modern world. It is hard to say whether this is imaginary madness or not. Hamlet's inner monologue, as with Shakespeare, is a model for the philosopher's intense thinking and the formation of his thoughts. The question of Hamlet's "presence-absence" loses all meaning, because even the best representatives of humanity do not have the slightest opportunity to avoid the "twist of collective crimes" going on in the world.

Hamlet/Machine

164 Davit Aghmashenebeli Ave, Tbilisi

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Georgian

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Heiner Müller
Hamlet/Machine
Translated from German by Natia Mikeladze

Stage director / author of staging - Zurab Getsadze
Costume designer - Sofo Mariam Khoridze
Scenography – Shota Glurjidze, Zurab Getsadze
Composer/live performance - Erekle Getsadze
Choreographer - Keti Asatiani
Video - Giorgi Khositashvili
Technical director - Ela Kazariani

They participate in:
Paata Inauri, Lia Kapanadze, Nini Iashvili, Keta Shatirishvili, Nika Tserediani, Nanuka Litanishvili, Keti Asatiani, Gagi Shengelia, Jeji Skhirtladze.

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Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre

164 Davit Aghmashenebeli Ave, Tbilisi

Opened in 1978 by director Mikheil Tumanishvili, the theater today has earned enormous popularity in Georgia, and is also known in creative circles around the world. This art corner is located in the Chugureti region in a small historical building. In front of the theater entrance you can see the original sculpture of its founder. Mikheil Tumanishvili began his career at the Shota Rustaveli Theater, and on Georgian Theater Day 1978 (January 14) he opened a small theater studio, the members of which were graduates of his experimental course. The theater has a very light atmosphere, which is achieved by the absence of a curtain: the actors work in an open space. The hall has 200 comfortable seats, and the stage is equipped with modern lighting. Outside the hall there is a cozy cafe, decorated in the best Georgian traditions with a slight touch of Soviet values, as well as a spacious foyer. The theater gives performances throughout the season: from October to July. Today, the modern cast continues Tumanishvili's course, introducing many innovations and participating in international festivals. Some of the most popular performances here are Chinchraka, Antigone, A Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as many original productions, including In a Dark Room and The Tiger.

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