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Macbeth
In order to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare, the Shakespeare's Globe joined hands with the Hong Kong Arts Festival to commission Tang Shu-wing to do a new interpretation of Macbeth, the Bard's darkest and most shocking tragedy. It was premiered at the Globe in 2015, followed by a rerun in the 2016 Hong Kong Arts Festival.
 
A modern couple dreams that they enter the universe of Macbeth in the buried past of ancient China, assuming the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth and encountering different characters in the play.
 
When Three Witches tell Macbeth that he is destined for the throne of Scotland, he and his wife kill the first man standing in their path, the virtuous King Duncan. But to maintain his position, Macbeth must keep on killing – first Banquo, his old comrade-in-arms; then, as the atmosphere of guilt and paranoia thickens, anyone who seems to threaten his tyrant's crown.
 
On leaving the dream, where the couple has experienced the dark side of humanity, they contemplates their places in this contemporary realm of turbulence.
 
Genre/Form
Physical Theatre
Playwright
William SHAKRSPEARE
Co-commissioned by
Hong Kong Arts Festival, Shakespeare's Globe
Adaptation & Direction
TANG Shu-wing
Translation
Rupert CHAN, TANG Shu-wing
Cast
Andy NG Wai-shek, Rosa Maria VELASCO, CHAN Wing-chuen, YUEN Fu-wah, LO Chun-ho, WONG Siu-fai, WONG Chun-tat, TANG Chi-kin, WONG Kwok-kei, CHENG Ka-chun, LEUNG Pui-yee Amanda, LAU Chun-him, WONG Chun-him, CHAN Ting-hin Henry
Set Designer
Ricky CHAN
Lighting Designer
Leo CHEUNG
Costume Designer
Mandy TAM
Hair Consultant
Victor J. TONG
Live Musician
Billy LEONG
Stage Manager
Keiko CHAN
Deputy Stage Manager
Oliva LI
Assistant Stage Manager
Adonic LO
Production Electrician
Bert WONG
Sound Operator
Sincere LI
Costume Coordinator
Gauze LAM
Stage Assistant
Helen KWOK, Coco TAM
Producer
Tony LEUNG
Production Manager
Gloria NGAI
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