Hamletscenen presents PROPELLER

 

RICHARD III is a horror story about power, treason and serial murder - a story told with music and a glint in the eye. In this production the body bags pile up in the hospital where Richard in cold blood murders his way to the throne. We watch with horror and a shudder of delight when Richard slaughters his opponents with a chainsaw, drowning, cannibalism or other forms of mutilation. Richard is a charming psychopath, shrewd, convincing and dangerous – at the end, though, most to himself. A horribly entertaining and devilish experience which tells the story of a man’s ascent to heaven and return down to hell.

Author: William Shakespeare
Director: Edward Hall
Set design: Michael Pavelka
Lighting design: Ben Ormerod
Sound: David Gregory
Music: Propeller
Music arrangements: Jon Trenchard
Rap (Richard III): Tony Bell
Text adapted: Edward Hall and Roger Warren
Lighting for the tour: Andy Purves
Actors: Richard Clothier, John Dougall, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, Sam Swainsbury, Richard Frame, Jon Trenchard, Robert Hands, David Newman, Wayne Cater, Thomas Padden, Dominic Tighe, Tony Bell, Kelsey Brookfield, Chris Myles.