Macbeth Tickets
Award-winning actors Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff star in Rufus Norris’ new adaptation of Shakespeare’s most terrifying tragedy Macbeth. Playing for a strictly limited season at the National Theatre, the play catapults the action into the contemporary.
Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff return to the National Theatre to star in Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy, following respective performances in The Threepenny Opera and Common. Macbeth plays a strictly limited run at the Olivier Theatre, before embarking on a UK and Ireland tour.
Taking place in the ruined aftermath of a bloody and deadly civil war, the Macbeths join forces to attain the crown. With dark elements on their side, the pair undergo a fierce battle for power, but are ultimately haunted by the demons of their actions, which reap fatal consequences.
Olivier Award-winning actor Rory Kinnear stars as Macbeth, opposite Anne-Marie Duff as Lady Macbeth. Kinnear most recently appeared on stage in the Bridge Theatre’s premiere production Young Marx, whilst Duff recently starred opposite Kenneth Cranham in Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle at Wyndham’s Theatre.
Further casting includes Nadia Albina, Michael Balogun, Stephen Boxer, Trevor Fox, Andrew Frame, Kevin Harvey, Hannah Hutch, Nicholas Karimi, Joshua Lacey, Penny Layden, Anna-Maria Nabirye, Patrick O’Kane, Amaka Okafor, Hauk Pattison, Alana Ramsey, Beatrice Scirocchi, Rakhee Sharma and Parth Thakerar.
Macbeth is directed by Artistic Director Rufus Norris, who recently helmed Mosquitoes and The Threepenny Opera at the National Theatre. Creatives include set designer Rae Smith, costumer designer Moritz Junge, lighting designer James Farncombe and sound designer Paul Arditti, with music by Orlando Gough.
A dark and gripping take one of the Bard’s best-known plays, Macbeth plays at the National’s Olivier Theatre for a limited run, with performances from 26 February to 12 May 2018, with a press night on 6 March 2018.
Sorry this show closed 12 May 2018, we recommend these similar productions.