Maten a Hamlet

(Kill Hamlet)

After William Shakespeare

By Marcelo Xicarts, Daniel Casablanca, Gabriel Wolf, Martín Salazar and Sebastian Irigo 

Translator: Paola Medrano and The Macocos Theater Band

 

Company name: Los Macocos Theater Band

 

Company country: Argentina

 

Director: Sebastián Irigo 

 

Distribution:

 

Mariano Bassi – Lelo/ Inn/ Yorick/ Polonius/ Hamlet

Martín Salazar – Falda/ Rosencrantz/ Yorick/ Ophelia/ Hamlet

Gabriel Wolf – Chasco/ Actor/ Guildenstern / Yorick /Gertrude/ Hamlet

Marcelo Xicarts – The Boss / King Claudius/ Hamlet

 

The creative team:

 

Playwriting: Casablanca, Salazar, Xicarts, Wolf, Irigo 

Assistant director: Ramiro Salazar Oks

Scenography: Marcelo Valiente

Locker room: Analia C. Morales

Choreography: Vanessa García Millán

Original musical score: Axel Krygier

Puppet making: Gerardo Porión

Graphic design: María Ana Tapia Sasot

Executive Producer: Jimena Morrone

 

Show synopsis:

 

Kill Hamlet is the story of four jesters who arrive in Denmark with the dream of being welcomed by the great Yorick, the court jester of Elsinore. But when they get there, they are told that the king has been killed and things are not looking good in the castle. Something smells fishy in Denmark, and they're caught in the middle of it.

 

Nominations and/or show awards:

Ace Awards Nominations: Best Comedy Show and Best Choreography – María Guerrero, Trinidad Guevara, Teatros del Mundo Awards.

 

Company description:

 

Graduated from the National School of Dramatic Art in November 1985, Los Macocos have performed more than twenty of their own shows, creating the keys to their own original style, linked to the comic tradition of the River Plate. They performed both in theaters on the independent circuit, where they were born, and in official theaters and on the commercial stage. They have also presented their works in cities within the country and in various foreign festivals, such as the Greek Festival, Barcelona, Americartes Washington, Montevideo, among others. In their extensive career of over 38 years they have won both group and individual awards for their performances.

 

Director biography:

 

Sebastián Irigo is a theater director, playwright and musician from Argentina. Since 1999, he has worked on numerous shows and plays in Buenos Aires, Spain and Mexico. In Argentina, he has been awarded numerous awards and received critical recognition for his work as a director and/or playwright in such renowned plays as "Querido Evan" (Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway), "Regreso en Patagonia", "Lo único que hice fue jugar", "Aquellas Mujeres", "Maten a Hamlet" and "Los albornoz" with Los Macocos, "Carnaval del Norte", "Ninfas, el musical" (in 2006 in Buenos Aires and in 2014 in Caracas, Venezuela ), "Torna Amore", "Los 39 Escalones" (in Punta del Este, Uruguay), "Next to Casi Normales" - a concert with the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal in Buenos Aires, etc.

 

Director nominations and/or awards:

 

Estrella de Mar Award for the best one-man show in 2013.

Carlos Award 2020 for best script and best one-man show, Lapsus, Ninfas, the musical.

Special mention at the Vilches Award for Air.

Award for Best Director, Querido Evan.

 

Show duration: 1h 30 minutes (without break)

 

Special mentions show: For audiences over 10 years old