Winner of the Kenneth Branagh New Drama Writing Award 2018
Winner: OnComm Award 2020 for the online audio version
Winner: Michael Graney Award, Brighton Fringe
Winner: Dark Chat Awards 2022 Best Actor
Winner: Dark Chat Awards 2022 Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Michael Graney Bursary, Brighton Fringe 2021
Written by David Visick
Performed by Tim Marriott (The King) and Nicholas Collett (The Fool)
Audio version directed and edited by Trevor Datson
Only Yorick can stop dead King Hamlet destroying everything and everyone he loves. But he’s a fool.
It’s not a question of whether to be or not to be. It’s about how not to be. It’s about love, and loss, and legacy and letting go.
And hats. Hats are important.
It’s a battle of wits between two fools – and only one of them knows he’s a fool.
Waiting For Hamlet is a comedy about a tragedy, and a love letter to the greatest play ever written.
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PERFORMANCE HISTORY
The piece was first performed at Windsor Fringe Festival where it won the Kenneth Branagh Award for New Writing.
In 2020 an audio version was recorded featuring Tim Marriott and Nicholas Collett. It won an OnComm Award.
In 2021, the play was performed at Brighton Fringe, Manchester Fringe and Ludlow Fringe. In 2022, it played at The Space Triplex as part of the Edinburgh Fringe.
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