Gertrud svarer igen (Gertrude talks back)

Gertrud har fået nok af Hamlet og hans anklager. Hun har fået nok af, at det er alle de andre i stykket, der taler og udlægger historien, og af at hun aldrig selv får lov. Hamlet taler, Claudius taler, Polonius, Laertes, selv fløjtespilleren! Gertrud svarer nu igen på sin søns misogyne beskyldninger, og forsvarer sin ret til magten og til sin seksualitet. Mor og søn mødes i et hidtil uset opgør, hvor Gertrud åbner for svælget til sin søns store overraskelse.

”Jeg forstår ikke, hvorfor Gertrud og Ofelia tilsammen kun har 4 procent af replikkerne i Shakespeares stykke? Når jeg tænker over handlingen, er de to helt vildt vigtige karakterer, men de siger altså stort set ingenting. Jeg ser for mig at Gertrud er ved at koge over, og jeg har lyst til at give hende mikrofonen lige dér, hvor hun er ved at eksplodere!” – Liv Helm

GERTRUD SVARER IGEN er en fri fortolkning af Shakespeares klassiker Hamlet. Inspireret af et tekstfragment af Magaret Atwood fra 1993, lader instruktør Liv Helm historien folde sig ud fra dronning Gertruds synsvinkel. Hvordan oplever Gertrud sin families sammenbrud, og sit eget forsøg på at blive fri af den rolle hun spiller i stykket? 400 års opbygget frustration over altid at stå i baggrunden, aldrig blive hørt eller kunne genkende sin egen stemme, bliver nu endelig brudt.

Instruktion: Liv Helm
Scenografi: Christian Friedländer
Tekst: William Shakespeare, Liv Helm, Christine Albeck Børge og Patrick Baurichter
Medvirkende: Christine Albeck Børge og Patrick Baurichter
Foto: Christian Friedländer

”Ren genistreg fra instruktør og teaterchef Liv Helm”
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”En interessant og kønsdebatterende teaterhilsen til Shakespeare. Den har begavede tråde til #MeToo, og den tilbyder et spændende fokus på skuespillerens egen kropslige teknik i kampen for at nedbryde en historisk fastforankret figur og for at forny den”
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Gertrude has had enough of Hamlet and his accusers. She has had enough of the fact that it is all the others in the play who speak and explain the story, and that she is never allowed herself. Hamlet speaks, Claudius speaks, Polonius, Laertes, even the piper! Gertrud now responds again to her son's misogynistic accusations, and defends her right to power and to her sexuality. Mother and son meet in an unprecedented showdown, where Gertrud opens her throat to her son's great surprise.

"I don't understand why Gertrude and Ophelia together only have 4 percent of the lines in Shakespeare's play? When I think about the plot, they are two really important characters, but they say almost nothing. I imagine that Gertrude is about to boil over, and I want to give her the microphone right where she is about to explode!" – Liv Helm

GERTRUD TALKS BACK is a free interpretation of Shakespeare's classic Hamlet. Inspired by a text fragment by Magaret Atwood from 1993, director Liv Helm lets the story unfold from Queen Gertrud's point of view. How does Gertrud experience the collapse of her family, and her own attempt to be free of the role she plays in the play? 400 years of built-up frustration at always standing in the background, never being heard or being able to recognize one's own voice, is now finally broken.

Instruction: Liv Helm
Scenography: Christian Friedländer
Text: William Shakespeare, Liv Helm, Christine Albeck Børge and Patrick Baurichter
Cast: Christine Albeck Børge and Patrick Baurichter
Photo: Christian Friedländer

"Sheer genius from director and theater director Liv Helm"
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"An interesting and gender-debating theatrical tribute to Shakespeare. It has gifted threads for #MeToo, and it offers an exciting focus on the actor's own bodily technique in the struggle to break down a historically entrenched figure and to renew it"
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