Recorded in a rather boomy Studio at the Putney Arts theatre, Cait interviews lead actors Lonje and Rob, and the co-directors Rob Wallis and Will Hunter.
In Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz And Guildenstern are Dead, two minor characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet suddenly find themselves at the centre of a story they do not understand and cannot seem to influence.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern pass the time flipping coins, trading riddles, and trying to figure out just what is going on with the Prince of Denmark. As they stumble in and out of Shakespeare’s tragedy, they encounter the mysterious Player King and his troupe of Tragedians, actors who embrace blood, death, and rhetoric as all part of the show – which is to say, life. What begins as a comic rumination on chance and circumstance deepens into a haunting exploration of what it means to exist when your part is already written.
Stoppard’s play is a dazzling blend of existential comedy, verbal acrobatics, and theatrical playfulness that reframes Shakespeare’s play from the wings.
Cast :
Rosencrantz - Lonje Kalanda
Guildenstern - Rob Ryan
The Player - Eric Petrossian
Hamlet - Nathan Chatelier
Claudius - Ian Cooke
Gertrude - Julia Blyth
Polonius - Edward Ogilvie
Ophelia - Anastasia Babich
Tragedians - Emma Buckley, Eve Newton, Finton McCluskey, Kelsey Norris, Nora Holman, Rebecca Fallon
16-20 June, 2026 at 19:45 with matinee at 15:00 on Saturday
Putney Arts Theatre, Main Stage
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Host: Cait Hart-Dyke.
Producer, podcast editor and sound design: Nick Wells.
Music is 'At the Tropicana' by Chalalatas, license courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.
Recorded at the Putney Arts Theatre.
