Details

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. In his shortest, most popular tragedy, Shakespeare evokes a country torn apart by civil war, traumatised by complete breakdown of law and order. And power is up for grabs. Into this chaos steps Macbeth, a military hero, spurred on by his ambitious wife - and a dangerous fascination with witchcraft. Each new morn new widows howl, new orphans cry? Stands Scotland where it did? Transforming unexpected spaces, Out of Joint’s 10th Anniversary production looks at an unstable state, ‘where to do harm is often laudable,’ and where brutality envelops young and old.

Cast/Performers

Danny Sapani (Macbeth), Kwaku Ankomah, Raquel Cassidy, Babou Ceesay, Sidney Cole, Dave Fishley, Adura Onashile, Ben Onwukwe, Patrick Robinson, Chris Ryman, Susan Salmon

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Company: Out of Joint
Director(s): Max Stafford Clark, Felix Cross (music)
Design: Es Devlin
Lighting: Johanna Town
Sound: Gareth Fry