Read Shakespeare’s blood-soaked tragedy - and see it brought to life on stage
Booklovers might want to grab themselves a copy of Shakespeare’s Macbeth to cuddle up with over the festive season – as it is the subject of next month’s Landmark Theatres Book Club meeting at Peterborough’s Key Theatre bar.
The club launched in the Autumn, to tie in stories related to shows coming to the Key and New theatres.
Macbeth by Shakespeare is Book 3 to discuss when the club meets up from 6:45pm – 8pm, on Tuesday 20th January.
Theatre company Flabbergast are bringing their visceral and eloquent retelling of this 17th century tragedy to the Key Theatre Studio stage on February 28, so it will be a fantastic opportunity to rediscover its power away from school!
A brave Scottish general receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to violence by his wife, Macbeth murders the king and takes the Scottish throne for himself…
Flabbergast’s Macbeth fuses a rigorous and respectful approach to text and storytelling to bring a magical, lucid interpretation of Shakespeare’s blood-soaked tragedy to life.
Puppetry, clown, ensemble, physical theatre, and exhilarating live music, combine in a powerful and provocative interpretation.
A stripped back set, an aesthetically arresting design, and a tightknit ensemble of actors, this performance is a dark and visceral manifestation of the work’s essence and underlaying themes, drawing out the parallels with modern society.
The dominant recurring theme and fundamental narrative that powers the tragedy of Macbeth is the masculine fear of feminine power; and in this sense, the play is as pertinent today as it has ever been.
Flabbergast’s Shakespeare is for everyone, a visceral and eloquent retelling of Shakespeare’s imbrued tale of vicissitude.
Get details of the Book Club and the February production from www.keytheatre-peterbough.com