hamluke

I went to a production of Hamluke at the Lowry Lab Theater last week that was absolutely hilarious. It's a cross between Hamlet and Star Wars and it was so funny I almost wet my pants. No lie.

Before the show we knocked off another of Minnesota Monthly's best burgers in the state: the Lion's Tap in Eden Prairie. I went with the double cheeseburger and a side of delicious cholesterol. They really know how to make a thin burger at the Lion's Tap. Soooo good...
















Drinks at Pazzaluna before the show. This is one of my favorite pictures that I've ever taken. The light makes the glass pop perfectly and the focus on the bubbles is just right.
















Here's the sandwich board for the show out front. I really can't say enough about how fun and creative this thing was.





















As the title suggests, they combined characters from the 2 sagas.

-The king was Darthius (he was also the puppeteer for the cross between Yoda and Polonius: Polyodius).

-A puppet of Jar-Jar Binks was the gravedigger who unearthed not the skull of poor Yorrick but a storm trooper helmet that, in a really subtle nod to the original SW movie, Hamluke then addressed as TK421.

-Princess Leia and Ophelia became Opheleia. She doubled as Queen Gertrude/Amidala...Cinnabon hairstyle and all.

-The Players became Jawas played by 3 little kids.

-My personal favorite: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were Lando Calrissian and his bald, half-robot henchman.

The actors also stayed as close to the inflection of the characters in Star Wars as possible (the "I am your father" scene was frickin' hilarious). One of the funnier aspects were the lightsaber battles where the actors had to make their own sounds. If you live in the Cities and are a fan of Star Wars and Hamlet then you have to go and see this before it closes. It's the funniest Star Wars spoof I've seen since Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager.