Macbeth

A radical, Congolese take on Shakespeare.
Stephen Heard
Published on March 09, 2015

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Overview

Shakespeare’s tale of ambition, corruption and witchcraft Macbeth has been taken out of it traditional setting and thrown into modern day Congo.

In this Brett Bailey-directed re-creation, a group of Congolese refugees stumble upon a trunk filled with sheet music, costumes and gramophone recordings; all while a warlord and his ambitious wife unleash atrocities on a crumbling African province.

The rework also features re-arrangements of Verdi's score from the 1847 opera of the same name, performed by an on-stage chamber orchestra and 10 rich-voiced African singers.

The performers are part of South African performance company Third World Bunfight.

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