Finding itself at the intersection of humor and tragedy, Hotel Elsinore is the story of the relatives of a once-great actor, Henry Elder, who dies the night before his career-defining performance of Hamlet. His family spends the night in a hotel room in Denmark rehearsing the play late into the evening, while Henry seems insistent on not letting death stop him from being there. The play is performed by British/Canadian playwright Susanna Hamnett and her two children: actress, dancer, singer and visual artist Lily MacGregor and actor, dancer and writer Joshua MacGregor. The three created the play largely during the COVID-19 lockdown and went on to perform a successful run of shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2022. Hamnett says the idea was born of “thinking of new and unexpected ways to explore Shakespeare’s plays.”
WHO: Hotel Elsinore
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 10, 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Morton Theatre
HOW MUCH: $10 (w/ UGA ID), $30–50
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