With respectful disrespect, Teatro La Plaza from Peru rewrites Shakespeare's “Hamlet” and turns conventional wisdom on its head. Taking centre stage is not the Prince of Denmark but rather a group of eight performers with Down's syndrome, sharing their desires and disappointments with the audience. What meaning does “being” have for those who can hardly find a place where they are properly recognised? In the past, people with Down's syndrome were seen as a social burden, a problem. What purpose, what value does their existence have today, in a world where productivity and efficiency as well as unattainable ideals of consumption and beauty are seen as the paradigm of human life? A rich, surprising, upbeat, thought-provoking spectacle that celebrates community while also offering a manifesto of self-empowerment.