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The Murder of Gonzago


Recital Room - YSJ Creative Centre

About the Show

23rd April, 4:00pm - York St John University Creative Centre Recital Room (CC/201) £5 Standard £5 Pass It On! (purchase a ticket for someone who otherwise would be unable to attend this event) **All tickets purchased online come with a 10% processing charge. Tickets purchased in person are not subject to this charge but availability of tickets is not guaranteed. By Nedyalko Yordanov, with an introduction by Boika Sokolova European reading in performance (Bulgaria) Elsinore. The Prince is mad, or so everyone says. Rumours abound. A company of players that happens to be around, is invited to give a performance. But will they manage to get out of the palace, and at what cost? Busy with their own petty quarrels, egotisms and infidelities, they fail to notice how they are being drawn into a larger power game, between Polonius and Horatio. They will taste fear, betrayal, humiliation and an unexpected turn of fortune. Nedyalko Yordanov’s 1989 play about the precarious position of the artist – or any individual – in a world of political surveillance, coercion and ever-shifting allegiances among power elites, reflects both comically and dramatically on the position of theatre under totalitarianism. It just might be that we can discover prescient messages for our own time. The reading will be preceded by an introduction from Professor Boika Sokolova, University of Notre Dame, USA, in England. 4:00 pm Talk 5:00 pm Reading


Booking Information

On each of our events we offer a ticket option called Pass It On! If you purchase any number of these tickets, we will gratefully pass them on to people who otherwise would be unable to attend due to financial barriers, with a special focus on refugees and asylum seekers. Would you like to be considered for a Pass It On! ticket? Contact us at info@yorkshakes.co.uk --- All tickets for our events have an added 10% to help cover our ticket processing surcharge. Tickets purchased in person are not subject to this charge, but we cannot guarantee availability without booking in advance. --- There is a hearing loop and a limited number of wheelchair spaces available at this venue. Please contact us via phone call at 07784819412 or email at skylar@parrabbola.co.uk to discuss accessibility measures or to request a wheelchair ticket. --- No longer able to attend? We understand - things happen. If you are no longer able to attend we ask that you let us know as far in advance as possible so we can re-sell your ticket. We will offer refunds and aim to process these within 30 days. Contact us at info@yorkshakes.co.uk for more information and to request a cancellation.


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