Photo — Bronwen Sharp
Ravi Jain’s remixed, reimagined and bilingual Prince Hamlet features a cross-cultural, gender-bent cast, breathing new life into the 400-year-old play by challenging traditional ideas of who gets to tell this story. Struggling with the death of his father and the hasty remarriage of his mother to his uncle—brother to the king and also his murderer—Hamlet undertakes the harrowing task of avenging his father’s untimely death. Combining English and American Sign Language, this groundbreaking production creates a fully integrated retelling for both hearing and Deaf audiences.
Why Not Theatre is an agile, international theatre company based in Toronto, Canada, and rooted in the values of innovation, community and collaboration. Our work is inventive and cross-cultural, reflecting our passion for the exploration of difference. We challenge the status quo by examining what stories are being told and who is telling them. More than just a theatre company, we develop creative strategies to build a healthier and stronger arts ecology. We make and tour critically acclaimed and award-winning new work, share resources with other companies and artists to produce and tour their work, and provoke change through new producing models and the presentation of work for new audiences. We are led by a core team of Founding Artistic Director Ravi Jain, Managing Director Owais Lightwala and Executive Producer Kelly Read.
