Teater Normcore: Hamlet Fansuri

HAMLET FANSURI is a new translation and re-adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark in Malay by Ridhwan Saidi, with poetry of Hamzah Fansuri, the 16th century Sumatran Sufi poet, as its interscene mechanism. Hamlet Fansuri begins with a Malay translation and re-fragmentation of Heiner Müller’s Hamletmachine and Comte de Lautréamont’s Maldoror in a piece called OPHELIA MALDOROR as its ‘buka panggung’. This play also features an experiential soundscape performed by Kicau Bilau. Anticipate a dark nusantara, ambient site-specific recital.

Cast:

Roshafiq Roslee as Hamlet
Mira Romanli as Ophelia
Shon Anwar as Claudius
Nyna Roslan as Gertrude
Rashid Akhmal as Laertes
Lew Shu Ni as Ophelia 2/Actor-Hamlet/Spirit
Tasha K. as Ophelia 3/Actor-Claudius/Spirit
Shamnirul as Hamlet’s Ghost/Actor-Gertrude/Spirit
Nurul Aizam as Voices

Director: Ridhwan Saidi
Scenography: Ilham Sani
Live Soundscape: Kicau Bilau
Music (ending scene): Joni Atari
Documentation: Amirul Rahman
Management & Crew: PORT25 (Led by Lydia Amalina)