Un Hamlet de moins

Production by the company Théâtre des 13 vents, Centre Dramatique National de Montpellier, which takes up Shakespeare's Hamlet to raise questions about memory, power and the gaze of others. Performed in French with Spanish surtitles.

The production takes Shakespeare's tragedy as its starting point to place Hamlet, Horatio, Ophelia and Laertes in a meeting in which they revisit their past experiences with the intention of building a different present and future. The characters appear as figures obliged to respond to the expectations that others project onto them.

The production focuses on the tension between one's own decisions and the pressures from outside, and uses it as a basis for reflecting on memory, theatrical representation and the ways of exercising power. Themes such as the power of images, play, the fear of being judged or the capacity to forget run through the performance.

The direction is by Nathalie Garraud, who has co-directed the Théâtre des 13 vents since 2018 alongside Olivier Saccomano, who is also the author of the text. The company understands the stage as a space of confrontation and debate, and the trilogy Spectres de l'Europe by these authors has been well received at international festivals.