Diseases and disabilities (Spain)

“To be or not to be”: actors with Down's Syndrome give a performance of Hamlet that challenges prejudices

Author / Source : EIB Published on : 29/10/2024 Thematic : Diseases and disabilities News Temps de lecture : 2 min.

This Shakespearean tragedy has been revisited by Peruvian playwright Chela De Ferrari and her “Teatro La Plaza” company, made up of eight actors, all of whom have Down's syndrome. They tell us their dreams, their hopes, their struggles to be considered as people, autonomous, capable of love, as well as their claim to be different. They share their suffering and their desire to be understood. They believe that “theater is perhaps the last resort” because it...