Hamlet


Lit Moon Theatre Company



It all began here: Lit Moon’s collaboration with Czech designer Milon Kalis led to this award-winning, internationally acclaimed production that features four actors, a live musician, and a huge sheet of paper as the production’s dominant scenic element. Recipient of the Centaur Award for Best Drama at the 2003 Montreal Fringe, the production has also received invitations to perform at Montreal’s Wildside Festival (2004), the Gdansk Shakespearean Festival (2004), and the National Theatre Company of China (2007).

What the Critics Say


“Lit Moon’s ... approach to storytelling through a marriage of movement-based narrative with traditional techniques is inspiring in its sense of reawakened possibilities.”
Philip Brandes, Santa Barbara News-Press
"Lit Moon’s acting skills… are as impressive as their innovations, which include the use of microphones, film projection, strategic outbursts of graffiti-writing and accompaniment by an onstage multi-instrumentalist. The company’s style, melding the rigours of physical theatre with classic text, makes them pioneers, if not unique."
Matt Radz, Montreal Gazette
"Launching this year’s Lit Moon World Theater Festival, Shakespeare’s timeless ruminations on revenge, mortality and existence undergo a stunning metamorphosis in an uncompromising, radical staging that unfolds with riveting urgency."
Phil Brandes, Santa Barbara News Press

And Then There are Awards


Lit Moon consistently wins awards for its theatrical innovation, original music scores, costumes and masks, scenic and lighting design, acting, directing, production, and choreography.

2005 saw Lit Moon win 4 Independent Theatre Awards - More than any other Santa Barbara theater company!