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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Arifa Akbar

Edinburgh festival 2024: 20 theatre shows making a scene this summer

Getting down tonight … Who Do Ya Love?
Getting down tonight … Who Do Ya Love? Photograph: Neil Shearer

Hamlet

“To be or not to be” … that Shakespearean soliloquy inspired what sounds like an innovative production by Peruvian company Teatro La Plaza. Writer-director Chela De Ferrari’s adaptation is a free version of the text placing the stories of people with Down’s syndrome centre stage. It promises to turn the tragedy into a joyful experience too, complete with rap, performed by eight actors who have Down’s.
Lyceum, 15-17 August

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