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Multidisciplinary Arts
Canada
Dance
Theater

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Ex Machina / Robert Lepage and Côté Danse / Guillaume Côté

May 7 — 9, 2026

100 min, with no intermission Hydro-Québec Auditorium

15 % discount for Les Amants du Diamant
$20 — 20 years old and younger
25 % discount for students
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Tickets starting from $71

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Description

Hamlet is in a dark place. Full of doubt, and perhaps touched by madness. After the death of his father under questionable circumstances, he loses his footing… Is his entourage lying to him? Is his mind, muddled with apparitions, failing? When reason wavers, how can we distinguish between truth and falsehood, how can we distinguish between the faithful and the traitors?

Co-created by choreographer Guillaume Côté and director Robert Lepage, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark immerses the viewer in a world of deceptive appearances, where ghosts and humans rub shoulders in a minimalist scenography. Light, shadows and transparency play a central role. This metaphorical reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s narrative draws the fine line between what is and what is not in the vagaries of the mind and the movements of the body.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Strobe lighting effects are used during the performance. A few phrases in Shakespearean English are projected as surtitles during the show.

Show Times

Thursday May 7, 2026 8 p.m. Tickets

Friday May 8, 2026 8 p.m. Tickets

Saturday May 9, 2026 3 p.m. Tickets

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Cast

Hamlet Guillaume Côté
Gertrude Sonia Rodriguez
Claudius Robert Glumbek
Ophélie Carleen Zouboules
Laërte Lukas Malkowski
Polonius Michel Faigaux
Horatio Natasha Poon Woo
Rosencrantz Jake Poloz
Guildenstern Willem Sadler

Credit

Designed and Directed by Robert Lepage
Co-designed and Choreographed by Guillaume Côté
Based on the work by William Shakespeare
Creative Director Steve Blanchet
Assistant Director Félix Dagenais
Creative Assistant and Rehearsal Director Anisa Tejpar
Composer John Gzowski
Associate Set and Props Designer Vanessa Cadrin
Lighting Designer Simon Rossiter
Costume Designer Michael Gianfrancesco and Monika Onoszko
Artistic Collaborator Olivier Normand
Fight Consultant Jack Rennie
Production Manager Nadia Bellefeuille
Technical Director - Creation Antoine Caron
Tour Manager Anisa Tejpar
Technical Director - Touring Olivier Bourque
Stage Manager Félix Dagenais
Sound Manager Stanislas Elie
Lighting Manager Simon Rossiter
Head Stagehand Jérôme Dion
Costumes and Props Manager Jeanne Lapierre
Head Stagehand - Creation Sébastien Côté
Costume Manager - Creation Émilie Potvin
Assistant Costume Designer Allie Marshall
Sound Project Manager and R&D Stanislas Elie
Video Project Manager and R&D Samuel Sérandour
Recording studio Cantebury Sound
Producer / Engineer David Travers-Smith
Musician
Cello Amahl Arulanandam
Bass Jessi Dietschi
Percussion Mark Duggan
Hurdy gurdy / Percussion Ben Grossman
Electric guitar John Gzowski
Violin Drew Jurecka
Viola Shannon Knights
Bass Joe Phillips
Saxophone / clarinet Ernie Tollar
Violin Rebekah Wolkstein
Voice Patricia O’Callaghan
Set Builders Astuce Décors, ShowTex, Conception Alain Gagné, Ex Machina / Bruno Petit, Ex Machina / Catherine Ouellet
Set & Props Building Collaborators Geneviève Bournival, Marie-Pascale Chevarie, Béatrice Lecomte-Rousseau, Suzanne Pouliot-Cadrin, Myriam Richer, Charlyne Roux
Masks Danielle Boutin
Costume Builders Felsen Tailors, Lela Stairs, Sue Furlong
Robert Lepage's Agent Lynda Beaulieu
Produced by Ex Machina / Côté Danse / Dvoretsky Productions
In coproduction with Marin Sorescu National Theatre and Shakespeare Foundation (Craiova), Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur, Ville d'Alma Spectacles, Danse Danse (Montréal), Straz Center (Tampa), Le Diamant (Québec), Cape Fear Community College (Wilmington), Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts (Vienna), Western Carolina University (Cullowhee), Indiana University Auditorium (Bloomington), Lied Center for Performing Arts (Lincoln), Baku International Arts Festival, Maison des arts de Créteil
Developed in collaboration with Canada's National Arts Centre National Creation Fund
This production was developed with the support of TO Live
Producer - Ex Machina Stéphane Mongeau
Producer - Côté Danse Etienne Lavigne
Associate Production - Europe, Japon Epidemic (Richard Castelli assisted by Florence Berthaud)
Associate Production - U.S.A. IMG Artists - Matthew Bledsoe
Associate Production - Americas, Asia (except Japan), Australia, New-Zealand Menno Plukker Theatre Agent (Menno Plukker, assisted by Magdalena Marszalek and Isaïe Richard)

Reviews

« Alongside flawless danced storytelling and remarkably talented performers, Robert Lepage once again delivers a host of captivating scenic elements. […] With their take on Hamlet, Guillaume Côté and Robert Lepage reaffirm that they are a duo that truly works. »
Le Devoir

« Every element of this production crafted by Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté contributes to its splendour: Lepage’s direction and Côté’s choreography, of course, but also the music, lighting, performances, costumes, props, and sets… the whole experience is simply breathtaking. »
monvieuxquebec.com

« Their collaboration (Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté) has resulted in a Hamlet that is unlike anything I have seen in many years of attending dance performances. [...] The drowning of Ophelia was astonishing to watch. [...] It is a unique and exciting thriller, unlike a traditional Shakespearean tragedy. »
Third Coast Review

« Each dancer is subjected to strenuous paces—executed with virtuosic triumph. »
Chicago Reader

« The most compelling parts of this production make fantastic use of stagecraft to tell the story in indelible images. »
Chicago Reader

« Ophelia’s drowning scene is a theatrical coup. [...]There are too many arresting and creatively devised moments to recount. Suffice it to say this Hamlet is a gorgeous feast for the senses. »
Chicago Stage and Screen

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