TheatreMacbeth

The New York Times has a fascinating interview with Macbeth director Eve Best who discusses the challenges faced with staging a dark play in the open elements of the Globe Theatre. Read the interview in full on the website.

The play is particularly challenging at the Globe. Open to the elements, the theater is a tricky fit for a text suffused with darkness, and it can be hard to focus the gathering intensity of the Macbeths’ toxic rise and fall.

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre have just announced that Samantha Spiro will play Lady Macbeth in this summer's producion, along with Much Ado About Nothing co-star Betty Bourne.

Booking for the public opened this week. Make sure you get your tickets.

The Globe Theatre this morning announced that Joseph will play Macbeth in this summer's production, with Eve Best making her directorial debut. Public tickets go on sale from February 11th, and previews begin 22nd June.