Hamlet All Inclusive 

ALL PERFORMANCES ON VIIRUS ARE CANCELLED FOR THE SPRING 2020 DUE TO THE WORSENED SITUATION WITH THE CORONA VIRUS.

Hamlet goes Teneriffa.

Hamlet is one of the world’s most performed tragedies, that has been versioned and dramatized thousands of times over. One character that is often left out of the story is Fortinbras, The prince of Norway. The story of Fortinbras happens in parallel with Hamlet’s. In Viirus’ Hamlet all-inclusive, Fortinbras is a 30-year-old female general in the Norwegian army.

Hamlet and Fortinbras have a lot in common: a murdered father, an uncle who takes over the crown by marrying the mother, and the mission to revenge for one’s parents murder. In Viirus’ version of the tragedy, it is not only Hamlet and Fortinbras who have similarities – all characters seem to find their mirror image in someone else.

Hamlet all inclusive takes place in a hotel in Tenerife. Fortinbras  is here with her family, to mourn the death of the Norwegian queen, while celebrating the new royal couple. In the hotel bar, Fortinbras meets a theatre group, that has just arrived from Helsingör. At Fortinbras’ request, the actors tell her and her family everything they saw and experienced in the Danish palace, that is lead by mad prince Hamlet.

We know Hamlet as an analyst and a perpetual student, who constantly delays the revenge on behalf of his father. His mirror image, Princess Fortinbras, on the other hand, chooses a completely different path: She doesn’t let anything in the way of her plans to revenge and the future of Norway.

What happens when one takes part of a theatre performance, where the roles, scenes, conflicts and themes are as if stolen straight from one’s life? How does it feel to see a distorted mirror image of one-self and its reality?

Viirus’ and the Nya Rampen’s Hamlet all inclusive is filled with grotesque, poetry and absurd black humor. Themes such as revenge, power, shame and (un)pleasure are reinforced by the hollow sound design and live video.

Original text William Shakespeare
Director and dramaturgy Jakob Öhrman
On stage Martin Bahne, Jonna Järnefelt, Iida Kuningas, Oskar Pöysti, Jessica Raita, Tiina Weckström, and Heikki Turppo. Mika Mattson, Walter Öhman, Rebecca Nordman, Melina von Kraemer and Wilanda Verdecia participate from Studentteatern.
Scenography Lasse Idman
Sound design Kristian Ekholm
Light design Ada Halonen
Language Swedish. Subtitles to Finnish, Swedish and English via the app Thea
Duration approximately 3 hours
Performances at Viirus 21.2-4.4.2020
Tickets 30 € / 24 € / 16 €

PRESS PHOTOS (photographer: Ernest Protasiewicz)

Hamlet All Inclusive is a co-production between Teater Viirus and Nya Rampen

PERFORMANCES
21.2 at 18:30 / 22.2 at 18:30 / 26.2 at 18:30 / 28.2 at 18:30 / 29.2 at 14:00 / 2.3 at 18:30 / 3.3 at 18:30 / 4.3 at 18:30 / 7.3 at 18:30 / 9.3 at 18:30 / 10.3 at 18:30 / 11.3 at 18:30 / 14.3 at 18:30 / 16.3 at 18:30 / 18.3 at 18:30 / 20.3 at 18:30 / 24.3 at 18:30 / 25.3 at 18:30 / 26.3 at 18:30/ 1.4 at 18:30 / 2.4 at 18:30 / 3.4 at 18:30 / 4.4 at 13:00

Jakob Öhrman

Jakob Öhrman (1982) is a Finnish-Swedish actor, director and screenwriter, who graduated from The Theatre Academy of Helsinki in 2007.

Together with Elmer Bäck and Rasmus Slätis, Öhrman is one of the founders of the free theatre group Nya Rampen (1999).

Nya Rampen has been an important part of Öhrman’s career, and the ten-year collaboration with the director and artist Markus Öhrn has been significant to his artistry. Together, they have created performing arts that have been noticed in international forums. Among them are the main prize at the Impulse Festival 2011 with Conte d’amour, nomination for the Nestor Prize 2018 with Domestic Violence and 2019 with Three episodes of life.

Nya Rampen has also participated in festivals such as Theatertreffen, Impulse (DE), Wienerfestwochen (AUT), Festival Trans Ameriques (CA), Baltic Circle (FI), Avignon Festival (FRA), Theater der Welt (DE), Nordwind (DE) and the World Stage Festival (CA). 

Öhrman has lived in Berlin for the past eight years and during that time worked in, among others, Germany, Poland, Italy, France, Greece and Canada.