Performance

Venue	Royal Shakespeare Theatre
	Also: The Dell, Waterside, Rehearsal Room
Town	Stratford-Upon-Avon
County	Warwickshire
From	19th August 2023
Opened	30th August 2023
To	14th October 2023
When	19:30. Aug 30 at 19:00. Sat Mats 13:15. Tue Aug 29 Mat 13:15. Thu Mats 13:15 (from Sep 7)
Royal Shakespeare Theatre (V135)
Current/Future Listings
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Production Changes

Previous details associated with this item and date of change.

Date of change: 21 Mar 23 - T1170132927

Macbeth

Work:: Macbeth (S4096)

The Scottish Play - theatrical types consider saying its name to be unlucky! Thrust into power by his overwhelming desires and an over ambitious wife, Macbeth finds his only security is to murder and murder again. From "When shall we three meet again" to "is this a dagger I see before me" a powerful Shakespearean drama.

Author

Shakespeare

Production:: (T1170132927)

Company	Royal Shakespeare Company
Director	Wils Wilson
Design	Georgia McGuinness
Lighting	Kai Fischer
Sound	Claire Windsor
Choreographer	Julia Cheng (and movement)
Director	Kaitlin Howard (fights)
Director	Simone Pereira Hind (CDG - casting)
Director	Anna Dawson (CDG - casting)

Listing:: L162472011

Current production:Work

Reviews

Janet Spinlove : 22Sep23:
Very disappointed. Especially coming from the RSC (who I have seen many times before). It was weird, poorly acted (very wooden by the principal characters) and I heartily dislike main characters being substituted (eg Banquo- why make him/ her a woman??). Plus I found the instruments distracting in their overblown-ness & discordancy. The Porter interlude was unnecessary & out of keeping. The worst thing was that I (& several others) couldn’t make out the words - they weren’t projected clearly & many lines were thrown away (presumably in the interests of artistic effect). If the RSC are set on presenting an alternative version of Macbeth then a) this should have been flagged up in the blurb (& I wouldn’t have wasted £52) and b) put it on at The Other Place. We left at the interval

Special Performances

9 Sep 23 Relaxed
15 Sep 23 Audio Described
15 Sep 23 Captioned
21 Sep 23 Sign Interpreted
21 Sep 23 Audio Described
21 Sep 23 Captioned
21 Sep 23 Relaxed
28 Sep 23 Captioned
28 Sep 23 Relaxed
5 Oct 23 Audio Described
7 Oct 23 Sign Interpreted

CORONAVIRUS: All venues in the UK were shut down on March 16, 2020, and the restrictions were finally lifted on July 19, 2021. It is important to mention that the UK Theatre Web archive listings (iUKTDb) from March 2020 to July 2021 might not be accurate due to the lack of information regarding rescheduled and cancelled shows.