Macbeth

ALL HAIL, MACBETH.

David Tennant (Dr Who) and Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife) return to their landmark performances in Shakespeare’s most extraordinary psychological drama.

Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster directs the tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal. Groundbreaking sound design and live Celtic folk music (all played through lightweight headphones provided) immerse the audience in every whisper, cry and thought.

Featuring the original company of the sold out Donmar Warehouse season, this unforgettable staging will now play a strictly limited run at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre from 1 October 2024.

★★★★★ "David Tennant is tremendous and superbly partnered by Cush Jumbo. The rich aural concept emphasises the eerie brilliance of Shakespeare’s dark, image-laden text." (Financial Times)

★★★★★ "An act of risk-taking theatre that also feels darkly, magically, like real-life. It’s as if the play is being discovered for the first time." "Cush Jumbo is terrific throughout, at once thoughtful and heartless." (Daily Telegraph)

★★★★★ "David Tennant thrills in a production full of wolfish imagination and alarming surprise. Cool, cocky and utterly arresting." (Guardian)

Important Information

Booking Period: 1 October – 14 December 2024

Performance Times: Monday to Saturday, 7.30pm & Saturday, 2.30pm

Running Time: 1 hour and 50 minutes with no interval

Age Recommendation: TBC. Under 5s cannot be admitted unless the show is specifically for their age group. For all performances anyone aged under 16 must be accompanied by an adult over 18.

Show Warnings: Contains haze, smoke and flashing lights. This production explores psychosis and contains suggestions of post-combat and post-natal mental health issues. On stage there is blood, scenes of violence and depictions of death. If you need to leave the auditorium during the show, there is no readmittance.

The production is not able to guarantee the appearance of any specific actor due to illness or unforeseen circumstances

Access Performances: Captioned performance - 5 November 2024 at 7.30pm, Audio Described performance - 14 November at 7.30pm