Macbeth Review
The bloody aftermath
Recently I saw a production of Macbeth, featuring David Tennant as the titular role, at the Donmar Warehouse.
It was a bloody feast I tell you. Sitting in that tight thrust stage was marvellous. Everything about it was marvellous too!
I was entrances from the beginning, the opening monologue of the wyrd sisters with Macbeth on his knees washing his red-soaked hands sent me chilling to the bones, added with the sound design adding impact.
By the way, this play used headphones for this. They were shitty at first, one ear wasn't working so I had to get a wireless radio one. But OHHHHHH MYYY GOOOODDDD was that experience so gooooood.
You could literally hear the character's soliloquy, each whisper added so much impact to their respective roles and it was liquid (albeit crusty) gold!!!
But let's talk about the casting it was just fucking fantastic. Cush Jumbo was as amazing, if not better, as Tennant with her stabbing gazes and overall acting. And gotta say Ros Watt is a major trans w, them playing as Malcolm (who becomes king in the end of course) among others was really outstanding. I am already seeing them as a brilliant NB role model, they are fantastic.
Welp, that's my review of it. I wrote one beforehand but that got reloaded by duckduckgo. It's also a bit late, clocking in at 23.40 right now.
So...good night. Sleep tight!
or lest Macbeth slaughter thou in the night...
