Theatre enthusiasts will have the rare opportunity to experience a work in progress in the continued development of Neil Coppen’s adaptation of Hamlet.
DGC in partnership with VRTheatrical and the KKNK, in association with the Tsikanya-Chaka Centre at Wits University and the Centre for Creative Arts-UKZN, present a professional, rehearsed reading of a new version of the play as adapted and directed by Coppen.
The once-off, live online reading will take place on Monday 31 May at 18h00 and will be hosted on the KKNK website. The cast for the rehearsed reading includes: Anelisa Phewa, Rehane Abrahams, David Dennis, Buhle Ngaba, Faniswa Yisa, Tony Bonani Miyambo, Khutjo Green, Jemma Khan, Richard September and Royston Stoffels.
SA-born Broadway actress Bianca Amato and multi-award-winning actor, writer and speaker Buhle Ngaba (Swan Song, What Remains and author of The Girl Without A Sound) will be Associate Directors alongside Coppen for the reading.