Details

‘Come, you spirits - That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty! Make thick my blood' This story will be told, the way it has always been told. What use is it otherwise? The hags on the heath. The woman who went mad. The man who became a tyrant. When her husband returns victorious from the battlefield with a prophecy that he is to become King of Scotland, Lady Macbeth will stop at nothing to make their darkest ambitions a reality. So far, so familiar. But then the story fragments...

Cast/Performers

Nicole Cooper (Lady Macbeth), Adam Best (Macbeth), James Robinson (Banquo), Jade Ogugua (Lady Macduff), Liz Kettle (Carlin), Star Penders (Missy), Taqi Nazeer (Bloody Soldier / Lennox), Paul Tinto (Macduff / Doctor / Courier 1), Laurie Scott (Ross / Murderer 1), Marc Mackinnon (Duncan / Murderer 3 / Courtier)

Creatives/Company

Author: Zinnie Harris (after William Shakespeare)
Producer: Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
Director(s): Zinnie Harris, Emily Jayne Boyle (movement), Simone Pereira Hind (CDG - casting), Anna Dawson (casting), Nerida Bradley (assistant)
Design(s): Tom Piper, Alex Berry (associate set designer)
Costume: Alex Berry
Lighting: Lizzie Powell
Music: Oguz Kaplangi
Sound: Pippa Murphy