Following a sold-out premiere in Galway city last year, Druid’s acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth will run at the Black Box Theatre from March 25 to April 5.
On a three city tour, the five-star show will then move to Belfast’s Lyric Theatre and Limerick’s Lime Tree following stellar reviews in Galway, Dublin and the US last year.
In this production of Macbeth, Druid brings a visceral and uniquely Irish perspective to one of Shakespeare’s fiercest and bloodiest tragedies, known famously as ‘The Scottish Play’.
Garry Hynes directs a cast of 11 of Ireland’s finest actors, led by Marty Rea as Macbeth and Marie Mullen as Lady Macbeth.
Macbeth follows Druid’s internationally acclaimed DruidShakespeare (2015 ) and Richard III (2018 ), continuing the company’s exploration of the Bard’s canon.
“We are immensely proud of this production of Macbeth, produced in our 50th anniversary year,” says Garry Hynes, Druid’s artistic director. “We look forward to returning to Galway and then taking the show on the road to visit audiences in Belfast and Limerick. We’re very grateful to our audiences, and also our tour venue partners and our funders and supporters, in particular the Arts Council of Ireland for making this tour possible.”
Macbeth is produced in Druid’s home city of Galway, with costumes created at the company’s Nuns’ Island Costume Department and sets constructed in its Ballybane Set Workshop, in line with Druid’s commitments to sustainability and local employment.
For ticket info see See www.Druid.ie
