Lung Ha Touring Company are delighted to have been invited to perform with renowned theatre company Ridiculusmus when they take to the stage at The Studio at the Festival Theatre as part of the 2025 UK tour of their show Alas! Poor Yorick.
ALAS! POOR YORICK
If The Two Ronnies were cast as the Gravediggers in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, re-written by Samuel Beckett, you might have something like Alas! Poor Yorick: a modern, hilarious, and philosophical reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy.
The production includes an opportunity for a local ‘community cast’ to perform alongside Ridiculusmus, and we are incredibly honoured to have members of the Lung Ha Ensemble treading the boards with them!
The legendary independent theatre double act of Jon Haynes and David Woods pull out every trick in their theatrical playbook to create a fresh take on Shakespeare’s much-loved clowns, re-enacting all the preceding acts of the original and meticulously staging the famous graveyard scene in all its 420 year-old glory.
Flipping the original Shakespearean tragedy into an existential clown piece, Ridiculusmus cast aside chaos and mistaken murders to unearth a beautiful and oddly moving meditation on work, faith and existence, with the prevaricating protagonist offered in a refreshingly contemporary light.
tickets & performance Details
The performance is taking place at The Studio on Potterrow behind the Festival Theatre on Tuesday April 8th, 7.30pm.
Tickets can be purchased from the Capital Theatres Box Office directly: https://www.capitaltheatres.com/bookevent/alas-poor-yorick/207201AVJVGKMTLPDNBLCPRDDGDGLNRJN
FURTHER INFORMATIOn
Alas! Poor Yorick, Tuesday 8th April
SHOW FLYER
SHOW Trailer
Acknowledgements
This collaboration between Lung Ha Touring Company and Ridiculusmus would not have been possible without the support of and contributions from Capital Theatres, with special thanks to Claire Swanson, Head of Creative Engagement.
