"To be, or not to be, to die, to sleep
to sleep! Perchance to dream;"
- Shakespeare

In Hamlet Cannot Sleep we see a man, a bed and a chance to sleep. In his deep sleep the man becomes the Hamlet of Shakespeare, haunted by its plays, characters and tragedy. Dream and reality sets a battle in a bed that becomes a mini-stage for unexpected and surreal duets between man and puppet.

A 20 minute sleepless challenge suitable for all ages

concept, choreograph Duda Paiva
performance Duda Paiva or Linhares Junior or Jim Barnard
advice, light design Itzik Galili

Commissioned by NND/Galili Dance, a co production with Korzo Theater and Laswerk

Press

"Given the comparative informality of the performance situation it was a remarkably concentrated piece of work. … This relationship was extremely well played out and effectively lodged itself in your mind."
- Total Theatre/Animations on-line

"The poetic combination of dance and puppetry, with flexible transformations of shapes and spheres, stirring."
- De Volkskrant

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