Macbeth

“Macbeth is quite simply the greatest theatrical poem ever written. The language, once heard, haunts the memory forever.” Michael Billington The Guardian

On a deserted battlefield, in the aftermath of a bloody war, three witches appear to a loyal warrior, Macbeth. They tell his fortune and predict his future. Tempted by this evil prophecy and encouraged ever deeper by his wife into his own dark ambitions, this startling encounter unleashes a bloody chain of events that see him murder his way to the throne of Scotland, using any means to hold on to his power, as his world collapses around him.

With ferocious battles and supernatural horrors this chilling tragedy has the most spectacular of Shakespeare’s poetry and some of his most vivid and memorable characters. It is timeless as it deals with the destructive nature of unchecked desire for power and political ambition.