Macbeth

Event details

Something wicked this way comes…

Storyhouse Originals: Macbeth

Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy comes alive on stage in a bold new production bringing the original text to life with power, pace and atmosphere. Experience Macbeth in full: the witches, the prophecy, the blood-soaked ambition – all in a haunting, high-stakes world where fate and power collide.

Written by William Shakespeare
Adapted and Directed by Jamie Sophia Fletcher
Set & Lighting Design by Andrew Exeter
Costume Design by April Dalton
Composer and Sound Designer Sarah Victoria
Choreography by Michela Meazza
Projection Design by Daniel Denton
Fight & Intimacy Direction by Kaitlin Howard
Hear the Picture Creative Description by Dan Parr

Please note, there will be a high number of school bookings at all weekday performances of Macbeth.

Venue

Main Theatre, Storyhouse Theatre

Duration

2 hours 40 mins, including a 20 minute interval

Prices

Tickets from £20 (each ticket is subject to a £1.50 booking fee for non-members)

£7 tickets for 16-25 year olds
16-25 year olds can access £7 for every performance of Macbeth – simply join Young Storyhouse Card for FREE. Limited to 10 tickets per performance.

Join Young Storyhouse Card here.

Group discounts
Group discounts available, contact groups@storyhouse.com

Schools

Click here to find out more about our school shows and workshops.

Experience Shakespeare in a whole new way…

For Macbeth, Storyhouse has teamed up with Hear The Picture, who have developed a new, innovative style of audio description. Hear The Picture’s Creative Audio Description explores audio description as an art form it in its own right.

Find out more

Access

All performances of Macbeth will be captioned.

Performances from Thursday 12 March 7.30pm onwards will have pre-recorded creative audio description available in collaboration with Hear The Picture.

A Touch Tour will take place on Friday 13 March before that evening’s performance – if you would like to arrange for a Touch Tour at another performance, please get in touch with us.

A BSL interpreted performance will take place on Thursday 19 March at 5pm.

Seats for the best view will be marked on the seating plan as follows:
A – Audio Description, B – BSL, CC – Captioned.
To access these seats, sign up to our access register and make sure you’re logged in before you start your booking.

You can find out more about access at Storyhouse here

Content Warnings

Macbeth is for ages 11+. There are many violent and distressing scenes in this play, including torture, murder (this includes children), self-harm and death by suicide as wells as psychological distress including paranoia and hallucinations.

Technically you will experience