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More Matter With Less Art
August 2023
Have you seen Hamlet? Of course you have, don’t worry this isn't that. If you’re looking for meaning, filled with dread, want to laugh into the void or all of the above, this two hander has something for you. Lost somewhere in the narrative of Hamlet, two nameless performers struggle to recall their roles, both in the play and in life. As they begin to spiral and ask questions about their existence, their words spiral too and sense stops making, well... sense.
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Written by Adeline Huggins, More Matter (Less Art) is carves out a queer exploration of existentialism, suicidality and performance. A disruption of the traditional relationship between playwright, character and actor, More Matter humorously inverts the narrative structures which cast much of theatre in the mould of European men. What is left is a poetic skeleton, blurring the line between monologue and dialogue. It is a text which leaves its own nuance and texture to be shaped by the identities of the actors.
Ultimately, More Matter (Less Art) asks us what it means to be - or rather, to not.