(Macbeth)

Content: Spun together with a blend of Indian music and movement, this production from one of the UK’s leading cross-cultural theatre companies sees Shakespeare’s tragedy re-imagined in a contemporary context as a brew of treachery and ambition sets an Asian family on a road to destruction. 

The production sees the engineers of Macbeth’s downfall depicted as three outrageous hijras who cook up an explosive brew of treachery, ambition and passion, showing a strand of Indian society little-known in the west.

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Runtime:

127 minutes

Year:

2015

Directors:

Jatinder Verma

Production companies:

Tara Arts

Actors:

Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

Banquo / Sergeant / Seyton

Duncan / First Witch / Murderer / Doctor

Malcolm / Second Witch / Fleance / Macduff’s Son

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Music

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