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Macbeth

★ 5/10 · 1 votes 2015 2h 7m Released

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.

Cast

R Robert Mountford Macbeth S Shaheen Khan Lady Macbeth M Mitesh Soni Banquo / Sergeant / Seyton R Ralph Birtwell Duncan / First Witch / Mur D Deven Modha Malcolm / Second Witch / F Shalini Peiris Lady Macduff / Porter / Ge