More fabulous reviews for Joseph in Macbeth have appeared online, including Time Out which awarded 4 stars for the production.
Samantha Spiro as Lady Macbeth and Joseph Millson as Macbeth give a rousing, frenetic portrait of a power-couple with a compulsion for bloodshed... ...Millson’s constant disbelief at what he is doing is a source of much of the production’s humour. But because he performs with such conviction, cumulatively it also packs a horrific punch – not least when he makes grasp for his wife’s throat... ...one of the warmest productions of ‘Macbeth’ you’ll ever see, but one which still strikes the requisite chill to the heart. Time Out
More great reviews for Joseph's Macbeth have appeared online this morning.
Spiro’s is a haunted and haunting performance, a very human take on the character, a woman spiralling. The relationship between her and Joseph Millson’s Macbeth is intense but somehow familiar, a volatile, believable union. He is a concentrated Macbeth, a man contained, and yet also a very physical presence... ...Millson and Spiro are often compelling... The Stage
The first couple of reviews follwing tonight's Macbeth press night at The Globe have appeared online. 4 stars and a faboulous review from The Telegraph.
...miraculously, the play worked its dark incantatory spell. The chief reason for this was the superb fresh-minted performances of Joseph Millson and Samantha Spiro as the Macbeths. Joseph Millson’s Thane is a big hunk of handsome beefcake, while his wife is short and plump and clearly has the upper hand in a relationship that is both loving and sexually fulfilled – at least at first...
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