Tag: Macbeth

If you met three strange women on a blasted heath, and those three women told you that you would be king, you’d probably think you’d had one too many on the way home.  But...

'The Scottish Play’ will visit The Festival Theatre from 23-27 October 2018.  Rufus Norris, artistic Director of The Royal National Theatre has crafted a new adaptation of - shush now! Macbeth.'Sleep no more…' The ruined...

Blood will have blood, they say...blood will have blood!The National Theatre brings Rufus Norris's new production of Macbeth to The Festival Theatre this Autumn, 23-27 October.Following its sold-out London run, the National Theatre will tour...

'MacBeth' is a major new production of Verdi’s dark operatic thriller, given by the International Festival’s 2017 resident company Teatro Regio of Turin, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and directed by Emma Dante. The opera...

It’s always surprising to see your own country from afar.  A few days ago I found myself in a village hall in the hedge-rowed depths of Hertfordshire watching a production of Shakespeare’s “Scottish Play.” ...

We’ve been enjoying a spell of wonderfully calm, sunny days. On such days the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth shines dazzlingly white against the blue sky and the blue sea. The white,...

Macbeth: Who is That Bloodied Man?, Teatr Biuro PodrozyVenue 311, Old College QuadNo venue in Edinburgh is better suited to epic-scale physical theatre than the Old College Quad, and Eastern Europe has a tradition of...

It might not have an overarching theme, but this year’s Edinburgh International Festival looks set to be one of director Jonathan Mills’s richest offerings, with ten plays, eight dance offerings (nine if you include...