Cincy Shakes’s adaptation of Macbeth immerses the audience in a world where the edge of insanity is closer than it appears. “In my experience with Macbeth productions and analyses, I’ve noticed a ...

Review: MACBETH, Lyric Hammersmith This take on one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies is, unfortunately, nothing more than a failed exercise in style.

The five-star, sold-out production of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo at Donmar Warehouse in London, will be offered by Tr ...

Royal Shakespeare Company partners with iNK Stories on 'Lili,' a neo-noir video game set in Iran that reimagines Lady Macbeth.

Performing Lady Macbeth’s “Out, damned spot!” monologue requires a balance of vulnerability and horror. It offers an extraordinary opportunity to explore the human psyche’s darker sides.

In her new book Queen Macbeth, Val McDermid takes on this formidable character in a reimagining of Shakespeare’s archetypal scheming wife. But McDermid’s version is full of surprises.

Everyone knows what has long been the story of Macbeth as presented to us in Shakespeare’s play. Now, in this latest volume in Polygon’s Darkland Tales series, Val McDermid tells it differently.

Lady Macbeth, it turns out, has her own history with the witches, whom she sought out for medicine to prevent a miscarriage but neglected to pay when she still lost the child.

The tiny-but-mighty Donmar Warehouse’s production of Macbeth sold out at lightning speed, and no wonder. Who wouldn’t want to be just metres away from huge-name talents David Tennant and Cush ...

With the excellent David Tennant and Cush Jumbo as Shakespeare’s murderous couple, this show promptly sold out its whole run at the 251-seat Donmar. If you didn’t get tickets, take comfort: a ...

Macbeth, Donmar Warehouse, review: David Tennant triumphs in magical, revelatory staging Max Webster’s production is so chilling and exhilarating that watching it is like discovering the play ...

Therefore, saying “Macbeth” in a theater was an admission that things weren’t going well for your company. A version of this story ran in 2020; it has been updated for 2024.