William Shakespeare's
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
DIRECTED BY GEORGE BANDERS
“What's done cannot be undone”
An unexpected prophecy at the close of a devastating war sends a national hero and his brilliant wife on a feverish and murderous quest for absolute power. With startlingly beautiful language, Shakespeare’s revered tragedy tears open the thin fabric between the temporal and magical worlds. This muscular, contemporary production looks at today’s world through Macbeth’s eyes – an epoch where double speak is rife, where violence is a modern ecstasy and true loyalty is our most valuable commodity.
Shakespeare combines Scottish and English history with Greek myth to one simple end – to capture what it is to be human. What happens to us when we sacrifice our humanity to get ahead? We live in such a time, an unprecedented era that idolises fame and celebrity above leadership and morality. In such a time and place, perhaps even nature begins to fight back.
A boldly imaginative, fully contemporary and brand new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth from Sport For Jove that is true to the text and full of engaging revelations, a wonderful experience for students and teachers.
SYLLABUS LINKS
Advanced Module A: Textual Conversations;
Senior English – year 11 & 10
Drama – years 9 – 12 – Introduction to and sophisticated analysis of Shakespeare’s plays and theatrical practices.
RUNNING TIME
120 minutes, no interval + Q&A post show
STUDENT RESOURCE KIT PROVIDED
CAST
Jake Fryer-Hornsby
Banquo/Ross
Francesca Savige
Lady Macduff/Cait
Evelina Singh
Witch Finnie/Lennox/Macduff Child/
Kester/Sergeant
Tamara Lee Bailey
Lady Macbeth
Paul Reichstein
Macduff/Murderer
Berynn Schwerdt
King Duncan/Jack Porter
Emily Sinclair
Witch Adie/Fleance/Seyton/Angus/Doctor
David Soncin
Macbeth
Shannon Thomas
Witch Sister/Malcolm/Soldier
Creatives
Bella Rose Saltearn
Set/Costume Designer
Sophie Pekbilimli
Lighting Design
Alexander Lee-Rekers
Sound Design
Sorie Bangura
Production Manager
Amy Lawler
Stage Manager
Mackenzie O'Byrne
Assistant Stage Manager
Robert Jago
Senior Producer
Isabella Milkovitsch
Assistant Producer
Dates and Booking
ORANGE CIVIC THEATRE
THU, 29 MAY
11:00AM & 7:00PM
ROXY THEATRE, LEETON
THU, 5 JUN
11:00AM & 7:00PM
Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre
THE EVENTS CENTRE, CALOUNDRA
HOTA,
GOLD COAST
THE EMPIRE, TOOWOOMBA
THU, 7 AUG
7:30PM
FRI, 25 JUL
10:30AM & 7:00PM
TUE, 22 JUL
10:30AM & 7:00PM
FRI, 13 JUN
7:30PM
“Ryan’s Macbeth displays a masterful progression of character, a meditation on the nature of evil that is all the more profound – and fearful – for its perspective: evil from the inside. A nuanced, emotionally sensitive Macbeth.”
– ARTS HUB