Monday, March 18, 2024

Macbeth (An Undoing) | Meet the creative team by Official London Theatre

Following a critically acclaimed run at The Lyceum Edinburgh, Zinnie Harris’ Macbeth (An Undoing) comes to the Rose ahead of travelling to Theatre for a New Audience, New York, and returni…

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Macbeth, Starring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma, to Play Cinemas by Margaret Hall

The site-specific production premiered in a warehouse in Liverpool before heading to Edinburgh, London, and the U.S.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM

MACBETH With Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma is Coming to Cinemas

Shakespeare’s Macbeth is coming to cinemas across the UK, the US, Australia and selected international territories from 2nd May. Learn more about where to catch the production here!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AM
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in Othello on Broadway by Darryn King

Tony and Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and Tony and Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal are set to star in a 2025 Broadway revival of Shakespeare’s Othello, directed by Kenny L…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AM
Monday, March 4, 2024

Recasting, Restorying, and Restructuring Shakespeare for Liberation by Rainier Pearl-Styles

By Rainier Pearl-Styles. Educator Rainier Pearl-Styles recounts their experience of devising a show in response to Shakespeare’s Macbeth, using tenets of Paolo Freire’s theory of liberat…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:18AM
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Robert Macbeth, Founder of Harlem’s New Lafayette Theater, Dies at 89 by Clay Risen

He created a vibrant space for actors and playwrights that became a seedbed for the emerging Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:36PM

King Lear, Almeida Theatre review - Danny Sapani dazzles in this spartan tragedy by Mert Dilek

Yaël Farber presents Shakespeare’s blistering play with bravura Less than three years after her magnificent Macbeth, Yaël Farber returns to the Almeida with another Shakespeare tragedy. …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:48AM
Sunday, February 18, 2024

Frankenstein review – muscular but ungainly update has visible stitching by Nick Ahad

Leeds PlayhouseImitating the Dog follow their innovative Dracula and Night of the Living Dead with a version of Shelley’s classic that bolts on a contemporary story about impending parenth…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AM
Friday, February 16, 2024

King Lear review – Yaël Farber’s modern-dress take is shockingly vicious and supremely moving by Arifa Akbar

Almeida Theatre, LondonThe set is a marvel, the performances are electric and the ending – with Lear raging and trembling in a hospital gown on the heath – is profoundly tragic Yaël Far…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AM

REVIEW: Macbeth, Dock X London ✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews Macbeth with Ralph Fiennes now playing at Dock X in London. This post REVIEW: Macbeth, Dock X London ✭✭✭✭ first appeared on British Theatre. Hu…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:50AM
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Monday, February 5, 2024

Theatre Review: ‘Macbeth’ presented by the Rude Mechanicals at The Greenbelt Arts Center by Sue Tilberry

The idea for the multi-media presentation now playing at Greenbelt Arts Center grew from a desire to make it possible for immunosuppressed actors to participate in theatre during Covid. The …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:06PM
Thursday, January 25, 2024

Bruno Poet Works Magic with Ayrton Khamsin TC for ‘Macbeth’ at London’s Donmar Warehouse by Michael Eddy

Max Webster’s intense production of Shakespeare’s bloody, supernatural tragedy, Macbeth, featuring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, opened to fantastic reviews at London’s Donmar Warehous…

SOURCE: PLSN at 10:02PM
Monday, January 22, 2024

Care, Collectivism, Midsummer, and Macbeth by Sophie McIntosh

By Sophie McIntosh. Sophie McIntosh recounts her experience seeing Double Feature’s productions of Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream in one Brooklyn brownstone.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:24PM
Sunday, January 21, 2024

Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence

The post Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:31PM
Friday, January 19, 2024

Photos: Get a Closer Look at Macbeth Starring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma by Margaret Hall

The site-specific production premieres in a warehouse in Liverpool before heading to Edinburgh, London, and the U.S.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PM
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Monday, January 1, 2024

The best theatre to stream this month: Kings of War, David Tennant’s Hamlet and more by Chris Wiegand

If you can’t get tickets to his Macbeth, Tennant’s acclaimed prince of Denmark is online, along with a spectacular take on three Shakespeare plays by Ivo van Hove Binge on Shakespeare’…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AM
Sunday, December 24, 2023

The week in theatre: Macbeth; Stranger Things: The First Shadow; Ulster American – review by Susannah Clapp

Donmar Warehouse; Phoenix theatre; Riverside Studios, LondonDavid Tennant and Cush Jumbo wire you into the Macbeths’ innermost thoughts; Stranger Things takes theatrical spectacle to the n…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AM
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

“Macbeth” at the Donmar Warehouse by Mert Dilek

How to render Macbeth anew—and how to do it well? It’s a question that has undoubtedly preoccupied countless directors, actors, and designers over the centuries. And it’s a question th…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:28AM
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Sound and fury, signifying something: what made Macbeth so popular in 2023? by Mark Lawson

Ralph Fiennes and David Tennant are among the stars playing Shakespeare’s Thane this year. Might the tragedy’s current popularity have something to do with the Tory government? After kil…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM
Saturday, December 16, 2023

***** ‘MACBETH’ REVIEW – DAVID TENNANT THRILLS IN THIS HIGH-CONCEPT PRODUCTION by Robert Shuman

(Arifa Akbar’s article appeared in the Guardin, 12/15; Photo: Coolly creepy … David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in Macbeth. Photograph: Marc Brenner.) Donmar Warehouse, London The staging is …

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Macbeth review: David Tennant is a compellingly intense Scottish king in Donmar’s show of sonic trickery by Alice Saville

Lady Macbeth’s whispers crackle in your ear as audience members wear headphones in Max Webster’s intimate production, but the sound design can sometimes feel like a distraction

SOURCE: The Independent at 12:54PM
Friday, December 15, 2023

Macbeth review – David Tennant thrills in this high concept production by Arifa Akbar

The staging is imaginative and expressive, and the audience is immersed in the action by hearing everything through headphones This is the second starry adaptation of Shakespeare’s Scottis…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18PM

Photos: First Look at David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in MACBETH

All new photos have been released for Macbeth at the Donmar Warehouse, starring David Tennant (Macbeth) and Cush Jumbo (Lady Macbeth). Check out the photos here!

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Donmar Warehouse Macbeth, Starring Cush Jumbo and David Tennant, Opens December 15 by Andrew Gans

Audiences wear headphones in Max Webster's production of the Shakespeare tragedy.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12AM
Friday, December 8, 2023

Donmar Warehouse Macbeth, Starring Cush Jumbo and David Tennant, Begins December 8 by Andrew Gans

Audiences wear headphones in Max Webster's production of the Shakespeare tragedy.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12AM
Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Sleep No More Extends Off-Broadway Prior to Closing by Margaret Hall

The beloved adaptation of Macbeth launched a craze for immersive theatre throughout New York City.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards