HAM to preview in London ahead of Edinburgh Fringe with Birmingham date added
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Speakerphone Productions and Soho Theatre will present the premiere of HAM by Hotter Project, previewing on 28 July at Soho Theatre ahead of its run at Summerhall Arts, Old Lab from 6 August – 30 August at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
HAM will also be performed for one night only at The Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre, Birmingham on 25 September.
A grief-stricken vegan seeks revenge for the death of a pig. First, he thinks for a long time. Second, he blames his mother. Finally, he wreaks the ultimate vengeance... by putting on a play. HAM is a kinky eco-hijacking of Shakespeare’s Hamlet about meat, madness and the power of shame. The 'vividly, viscerally alive' (The Guardian) Hotter Project twists this high-brow tragedy into a sordid wrestle between a vegan and a sausage-lover. As we hurtle towards the end of humankind, every one of us must decide: to eat, or not to eat? Is that the question?
Co-founders of Hotter Project, Mary Higgins and Ell Potter, said: “We are thrilled to be debuting our first ever adaptation at Edinburgh Fringe this year. This one-off night at the historical Old Joint Stock will be a chance for Birmingham audiences to get a taste of this kinky, provocative, climate-conscious version of Hamlet. Hamlet – morally correct, self-righteous and privileged as he is – makes the perfect stereotypical vegan. We hope HAM will encourage accountability and have you debating to eat or not to eat.”
HAM is directed by Ursula Martinez, with set and costume design by Rūta Irbīte, lighting by David Doyle, sound by Tom Foskett-Barnes, and movement direction by Abbi Greenland.