Ophelation is inspired by Hamlet and Hamletmachine but goes beyond both works by doing a collective, yet casual, contemplation on Bard’s Hamlet. After months of close reading, discussion, and rehearsal, and in search of new meanings and forms, the Iranian Gray Room collective decided to blend the outcome of this process with Freud’s theory of multiple layers of sleep and Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty. The result is a performance, free from restrictive stylistic or ideological boundaries, dealing with questions that this young collective face in and outside of their theatrical life.
Written by: Mohammad Kazem Damghani
Directed by: Melika Mirzaei and Mohammed Kazem Damghani
2021, Gray Room Theatre, Iran
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