Macbeth, the powerful thane of Glamis, defeats the traitorous Thane of Cawdor, in defense of Duncan, ruler of the realm. Following the battle, he and his friend Banquo have a strange encounter upon a blasted heath, wherein they are told of greater glory that awaits them; but is the prediction what will be, or only what may be...and how far is Macbeth willing to go to see it come true?

Macbeth tells his wife of the meeting, who sets in motion a plan to dispose of Duncan, eliminate his rivals, and make way for Macbeth to have absolute power. Throughout an eerily disturbing night, in which the natural world itself seems to protest, the Macbeths murder Duncan, blame his groomsmen, whom they also kill, and begin to take control.

Duncan's sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, flee and plot revenge upon Macbeth, whom they suspect to be the true murderer of their father. The kingdom begins to feel the effect of Macbeth's tyranny, as he depends more and more upon the bias of his own paranoid visions, and systematically destroys any who oppose him. Lady Macbeth, meanwhile, begins to lose her mind, slowly going insane under the weight of their actions that fateful night.

Macduff, a good man whose family is killed upon orders from Macbeth, vows to defeat the tyrant, and set the kingdom back to rights. Gathering an army with Malcolm, he returns to Scotland, defeats Macbeth, and restores the rightful heir to the throne.

One of Shakespeare's darkest tragedies, about a good man whose ambition turns him into a tyrant, it explores the humanity lost when moral compromise becomes a darkness of the soul. Presented in our Black Box theatre this August, it is not one to be missed.

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