Jethro Joaquin - Philippines

World Stage Design 2009

September 19th 2009 - September 30th 2009

Selected Juried Sound Designs

Hamlet	by William Shakespeare


Creative Team
Director	Ana Bitong
Sound Designer	Jethro Joaquin
Composer	Jethro Joaquin
Lighting Designer	Martin Esteva
Set Designer	Dennis Lagdameo
Costume Designer	Faust Penyera


Onstage Greenbelt Theater Makati City Philippines
Opening January 2008

Design Statement
In this production, the director envisaged a primal Hamlet. Set in a land ravaged by war. A tribal society struggling to survive. A nameless world stripped to its core. A son crying for revenge. I supported this dystopian world through the fusion of western and Eastern (Philippine) musical sounds. I use improvised chants and Philippine native instruments such as bamboo zithers, the kulintang ( a xylophone-like instrument made of gongs), bamboo harp and a nose flute. I experimented on how to deliver the voice in a way that it captured Hamlets emotional character in search of revenge for his fathers death. I also experimented on electronically processing the sounds of the native instruments and voices to give it a mysterious and eerie feeling. I added a lot of delay and reverb in my design to give that sense of emptiness that goes way beyond the confines of the physical performance area. Jethro Joaquin



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An International Exhibition of Set, Costume, Lighting and Sound Design

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