Sam Heughan and Lia Williams in Macbeth - '£7.50 a pint in that London Makkers' In high concept stuff like this, detail is crucial and Anna Reid’s set is perfect, the smallest of the RSC’s three ...

Anyone who saw director Daniel Raggett’s production of Edward II in the Swan Theatre earlier this year will not be surprised to learn that his version of Macbeth is, in a word, horrible. But not ...

Choosing the right opener for a theatrical season is always a fraught gamble. An opening demands ambition and momentum, all while securing trust in the audience that what follows will reward them.

A long-awaited musical from playwright Tomson Highway, a ‘90s take on “Macbeth” and skateboarding stunts are among the spectacles bound for the National Arts Centre. Canada’s multidisciplinary home ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by One of the most performed and reimagined works of English literature becomes a fourth-wall-breaking musical revue. By Maya Phillips “You gon’ rework a ...

Photograph of Jack Carter (Macbeth), Kenneth Renwick (Second Murderer) and George Nixon (First Murderer) in the Federal Theatre Project production of Macbeth at the Lafayette Theatre, Harlem. Library ...

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 08: Cush Jumbo (L) and David Tennant bow at the curtain call during the press night performance of "Macbeth" at the Harold Pinter Theatre on October 08, 2024 in London, ...

Lady Macbeth’s cry of “Out, damned spot!” in Act V, Scene I is one of the most intense and psychologically charged lines in William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” Performing this monologue is both thrilling ...

Lady Macbeth is one of the most famous female villains in all of literary history. Yet, despite her infamy, her tale has glaring gaps and misrepresentations. For the uninitiated, Shakespeare's Macbeth ...

Marion Gibson receives funding from The Leverhulme Trust. “Out, damned spot,” Lady Macbeth famously says as she wrings her hands, attempting to remove a bloodstain her guilt-ridden mind has conjured.

Val McDermid’s reimagining of the Macbeth story involves as daring a trick as anything Shakespeare provided for the theatre, writes Allan Massie This site is ...

One of Shakespeare’s most coveted roles for women gets different interpretations onstage in New York and Washington. By Maya Phillips “Macbeth” isn’t one of Shakespeare’s so-called “problem plays,” ...