Derry Millennium Forum
Usual Ticket Price: £6.50
Macbeth
“Something wicked this way comes...”
Following on from the success of Hamlet, the highly acclaimed Icarus Theatre Collective presents a bold and exciting new production of Shakespeare’s most bloody and fear-filled tragedy – Macbeth.
The vicious, barbaric undercurrent in Shakespeare’s epic tragedy erupts in this kinetic, blood-thirsty production. Unrivalled on the battlefield, Macbeth is rewarded with rank and favour by a grateful king. But with each enemy Macbeth butchers to serve his own vaulting ambition, his lust for power takes a more menacing grip until, driven to distraction by greed and a lust for power, he ferociously seizes the throne. But, violence breeds violence, and a reign born in blood quickly spirals out of control as Macbeth's actions return to destroy him.
Lauded as one of the most fearless and dynamic theatre companies in the UK, Icarus Theatre Collective’s kinetic and accessible new production goes straight for the jugular. Blending traditional and inventive physical theatre techniques, original live music played by the actors, evocative gothic design, and using the original verse, this slick new production is perfect for audiences new to the Bard and those already well acquainted with Shakespeare’s tragedies.
