Lung Ha Touring Company were delighted to be invited to perform with renowned theatre company Ridiculusmus when they took to the Edinburgh stage 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 featured an opportunity for a local ‘community cast’ to perform alongside Ridiculusmus, and we were 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.
The performance took place at The Studio on Potterrow behind the Festival Theatre on Tuesday April 8th 2025, 7.30pm.
cast
Jon Haynes – Ridiculusmus
John Gorick – Ridiculusmus
Emma McCaffrey – Lung Ha Touring Company
Gavin Yule – Lung Ha Touring Company
Kiera (Kiki) McLeod – Lung Ha Touring Company
Morgan Dalgleish – Lung Ha Touring Company
Nicola Tuxworth – Lung Ha Touring Company
CREW
Jessica Brettle – Costume Co-ordinator
SUpport Team
Becky Leach – Support Team Co-ordinator
SHOW PROGRAMME
Gallery
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.
