Macbeth

Synopsis

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" this is a powerful Shakespearean drama.

Our Review:

12 July 2010

This is the third attempt by Regent’s Park to produce a Shakespeare play specifically for children and it seems to have tapped into a demand. At the performance I attended, despite it being 10 o’clock on a Sunday morning, there was a pretty healthy house for Shakespeare’s Scottish gorefest.

While some people might question the suitability of Macbeth for children, the high quantity of blood is actually a plus point. Add to that a relatively simple plot and a healthy dose of witches and ghosts (including, in this production, Duncan’s ghost), and it’s more than enough to entertain most kids for 90 minutes.

Director Steve Marmion has some brilliant ideas. The use of a graffiti-ridden backdrop, where writing appears automatically, is an amazingly simple device to explain storyline complexities. And getting the audience to enact Birnam Wood works well too – the massive waving of branches shows how well the young spectators are following the story. The closing...

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Jenny Collins - 12 July 2010:

Just been to see it with a class of normally fidgety 8-year-olds, they were all mesmerised, truly superb, the energy of the actors and the simple but stunning staging means this production will stay with me for a long time. Terrific....

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