Making The Green One Red

Making The Green One Red showcases a modern, technological approach to Shakespeare's historical classic, Macbeth.
Tess Cameron
Published on April 23, 2012

Overview

New media and Shakespeare are not things that one would usually associate together. That is until Kereen Ely-Harper and Andrew Burrell got their hands on Macbeth. A modern twist and fresh approach to a classic is refreshing every now and then!

Director Ely-Harper and new media artist Burrell felt passionate enough about combining Shakespeare with technology to create Making The Green One Red, a virtual performance of Macbeth set to bring the Bard into the twenty-first century.

Showing at QUT’s The Block from 24 April to 5 May, this unique event is certainly something to witness. Whether you’re a longtime fan of Shakespeare or not. Accessing modern techniques like voiceovers, lighting effects, and video screens, Making the Green One Red is undoubtedly a new way of looking at a classic text.

Combined with live actors performing the piece, albeit in an adapted format to fit the scene, the experience is sure to be full body for the audience and a truly unique way of looking at Macbeth.

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