Katherine Quigley

"Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the one thousand small uncaring ways."  Stephen Vincent Benet

We are seeking patrons and supporters for three things: To redevelop The Hamlet Apocalypse in early 2011, to collaborate with Zoe Keating, Dane Alexander and Lyndon Chester to create an original soundtrack for The Hamlet Apocalypse and to create a video and marketing materials in order to tour The Hamlet Apocalypse internationally.

The Hamlet Apocalypse began development in January 2009 in Boston, USA in association with The Factory Theatre while The Danger Ensemble were on a break from the Who Killed Amanda Palmer tour. Later that year, La Mama in Melbourne, Australia picked up the work for the Melbourne Fringe Festival in 2009.  The Hamlet Apocalypse played a sell out season over the duration of the festival and was met with critical acclaim including a 5 star review in The Age. Subsequently The Danger Ensemble independently produced the work for a highly successful season at Adelaide Fringe Festival 2010.

To donate - click the link on the side (support project) and follow the prompts for secure paypal or credit card donations. We have 50 days to raise the funds!

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The Hamlet Apocalypse is a dystopia of the now generation, it is a silent party, a desperate plea and a rambunctious prayer.

6 actors stage Hamlet on the eve of the apocalypse. As the line between fiction and reality blurs; the actors, their characters, and their worlds collide and are distilled into the simplest of human states. The Hamlet Apocalypse is, quite simply about humanity, the power of death and the value of life.

"The Hamlet Apocalypse proves the experience of theatre can be something we can not explain and something that defies mere words." Aussietheatre.com

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Links and more information

For more information about the artists involved in this project:

Zoe Keating - www.zoekeating.com

Dane Alexander - www.dane-alexander.com

Cast and creative team:

Performers; Katrina Cornwell, Mark Hill, Robbie O'Brien, Noa Rotem, Dave Sleswick, Peta Ward

Director: Steven Mitchell Wright

Dramaturg: Chris Beckey

Producer: Katherine Quigley

Sound design: (hopefully) Zoe Keating, Dane Alexander and Lyndon Chester

Lighting: Ben Hughes

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About us

The Danger Ensemble is a contemporary theatre and events company who toured nationally and to over 15 countries internationally as part of the Who Killed Amanda Palmer Tour. The Hamlet Apocalypse was first performed at Melbourne and Adelaide Fringe, which sold out at Melbourne’s La Mama Theatre. We recently collaborated with the Brisbane Cabaret Festival performing 'Pennies and Beggars in the Street' at the Inhabit Fiesta in Brisbane and as part of the Sunday Sounds Series at the Sunshine Coast.

Steven Mitchell Wright is the Artistic Director of The Danger Ensemble. He has directed work in the UK, USA, Hong Kong and Australia, and has worked for and with; The Boston Pops Orchestra, The American Repertory Theatre, Harvard University, The Moscow Arts Theatre, Rothbury Music Festival, Brisbane Cabaret Festival, Brisbane City Council, Queensland Arts Council and Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre. He is currently working for the American Repertory Theatre as a movement director and choreographer of Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret; has recently directed In God We Trust for the QLD Academy for Creative Industries and the Kurt Weill inspired cabaret Pennies and Beggars in the Street for Brisbane City Council’s Inhabit Fiesta.