Rhys Finnick as Hamlet
HAMLET
by William Shakespeare
November 17th - December 11th, 2010 at The Havana Theatre
A production of the Honest Fishmongers
DIRECTOR Kevin Bennett
SET DESIGNER Jennifer Stewart
COSTUME DESIGNER Christopher David Gauthier
ORIGINAL MUSIC Benjamin Elliott
STAGE MANAGER Susan Currie
Cast:
GUILDENSTERN Kevin Bennett
CLAUDIUS David Bloom
GERTRUDE Marci T House
LAERTES/PLAYER Joshua Reynolds
GHOST/PLAYER KING/1st GRAVEDIGGER Michael Fera
VOLTEMOND/PLAYER QUEEN/ENGLISH AMBASSADOR Katherine Gauthier
HORATIO Sebastian Kroon
MARCELLUS/PLAYER/FORTENBRAS Courtney Lancaster
OPHELIA Julie McIsaac
ROSENCRANTZ/2nd GRAVEDIGGER Lee Vincent
POLONIUS/CAPTAIN Simon Webb
For "the hoodie Hamlet" as I call it affectionately, director Kevin Bennett asked we create a world at once modern, strongly militaristic, and at the same time "Shakespearean", with silhouettes at times reminiscent of tights and belted doublets.
Hints of "Once Upon A Time..." and unabashed theatricality kept Elsinore close but non-specific, not so much our world but a parallel one, a bit darker, rougher, yet recognizable. Actors Sebastian Kroon and Rhys Finnick embodied this for me perfectly with Kroon's Horatio offering a slightly more traditionally theatrical counterpoint to Finnick's edgier, more "today" Hamlet.
Photography by Kaitlin Straker and Kelly Chomat
Please click on a photo to see it full sized.
by William Shakespeare
November 17th - December 11th, 2010 at The Havana Theatre
A production of the Honest Fishmongers
DIRECTOR Kevin Bennett
SET DESIGNER Jennifer Stewart
COSTUME DESIGNER Christopher David Gauthier
ORIGINAL MUSIC Benjamin Elliott
STAGE MANAGER Susan Currie
Cast:
GUILDENSTERN Kevin Bennett
CLAUDIUS David Bloom
GERTRUDE Marci T House
LAERTES/PLAYER Joshua Reynolds
GHOST/PLAYER KING/1st GRAVEDIGGER Michael Fera
VOLTEMOND/PLAYER QUEEN/ENGLISH AMBASSADOR Katherine Gauthier
HORATIO Sebastian Kroon
MARCELLUS/PLAYER/FORTENBRAS Courtney Lancaster
OPHELIA Julie McIsaac
ROSENCRANTZ/2nd GRAVEDIGGER Lee Vincent
POLONIUS/CAPTAIN Simon Webb
For "the hoodie Hamlet" as I call it affectionately, director Kevin Bennett asked we create a world at once modern, strongly militaristic, and at the same time "Shakespearean", with silhouettes at times reminiscent of tights and belted doublets.
Hints of "Once Upon A Time..." and unabashed theatricality kept Elsinore close but non-specific, not so much our world but a parallel one, a bit darker, rougher, yet recognizable. Actors Sebastian Kroon and Rhys Finnick embodied this for me perfectly with Kroon's Horatio offering a slightly more traditionally theatrical counterpoint to Finnick's edgier, more "today" Hamlet.
Photography by Kaitlin Straker and Kelly Chomat
Please click on a photo to see it full sized.
Kudos to (...) costume designer Christopher David Gauthier, who rivals his near-namesake in the fashion industry, Jean-Paul Gaultier, by creating a rigorously realized "Gauthier look" for this show.
Mostly modern and yet entirely Elizabethan, it's proof that while The Honest Fishmonger Equity Co-op may be nothing more than a ragtag band of players with little budget to work with, this beautiful parade of leathers and finery is the visual symbol of wealth beyond measure in the true talent on display from everyone involved in this small gem.
Peter Birnie - Vancouver Sun
"Costume designer Christopher David Gauthier provides a regal military look with blacks and browns and a splash of reds providing effective differentiators for those actors playing multiple roles. Although some of the materials appeared more contemporary than others, they still worked well in providing a rich and lush design."
Mark Robins - gayvancouver.net