Director, Curator & Co-Facilitator
Ben Crystal
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What would you destroy to get what you want?
A dagger. A crown. The original text.
One musician. Ten storytellers. Fifty candles. A hundred and twenty breathless minutes.
Step into the shadows. Let the scorpions in your mind strike. Watch a world turn inside-out beneath a tyrant’s rule.
Ben Crystal returns to Shakespeare North with a fast, spooky, blood-spattered staging of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous works: The Tragedie of Macbeth—ambition-driven, greed-flecked, grief-filled, revenge-fuelled, ghost-haunted… and absolutely cursed.
Something very wicked this way comes.
Produced by
Shakespeare North Playhouse
Directed, Curated and Co-Facilitated by
Ben Crystal
Design and Costumes by
Mark Bailey
Music by
Semay Wu
Associate Directed and Co-Facilitated by
Andrew Codispoti
Head of Producing
Siobhan Noble
Poster Photo by
Alex Hurst
Abstract violence consultant
Ariana Karp
Intimacy Direction Consultant
Neha Vyaso
Wardrobe by
Hannah Bold
Company Stage Manager
Rae Woods
Deputy Stage Manager
Andrea Claire
Assistant Stage Manager
Ella Kirk
Dramaturgy & Text Consultant
David Baynes
Costume Makers
Hannah Bold, Barry Han, Sarah Han, Ruta Staseviciute, Abbii Sutcliffe
Production therapy assistance dog
Edie
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Show DETAILS
Venue Space
Cockpit Theatre
Length
1 hour 50 minutes plus Interval
Ticket Prices
Tickets from: £17.00
Age Guidance
12+ (Advisory)
Accessibility
This show has Audio Described performances, BSL Interpreted performances and Relaxed performances
Have a look at our production images
This really was an outstanding production - its simplicity belying the thought and detail that must have gone into every aspect of a stunning experience.
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The words, and what words they are, were allowed to come alive, breath and envelope the audience who were drawn to the candlelight like moths to a flame.
Wirral Globe
Go see it tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.
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Take a look behind the scenes
A sneak peak of our costume designs
Meet The Director
A taste of our Macbeth menu 🍴
Ben Crystal on Shakespeare
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