Internationally awardwinning shakespeare by local actors comes to Ivybridge
Following an international theatre award in New York, local theatre company brings Shakespeare's classic Macbeth to life, in a tour across the Southwest.
“Blood will have blood”
Macbeth, Act 3 scene 4
Shakespeare's classic drama of ambition, power and fate, first thought to be performed in 1606, is now brought to life in a dramatic new adaptation performing the original text, set in a post-World War 3, near-future wasteland.
Performed by a professional cast of locally based actors, this production returns to the stage by popular request, following its original tours in January 2019, following which the production won an international award in the Long Island Theatre Awards, in New York, in June 2019.
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's best known dramas, alongside King Lear, Orthello, Hamlet, and Romeo & Juliet. It tells the tale of a Scottish war hero, who, tempted by ambition and power, and supernatural whisperings, begins a series of murders, to take and hold the throne. Returning home from war, Macbeth encounters three mysterious women, whose prophecy of kingship, sets in motion his ambition, and ultimately his fall into madness and blood.....
This production design combines the dark aftermarth of a nuclear WW3, the exotic of the supernatural, and dramatic lighting, with immersive soundscapes to create Macbeths world in a new vision of the drama. Months of intensive rehearsal and preparation are taking place to prepare the show, with an emphasis on using recycled materials wherever possible.
The South Devon Players, founded in 2005/6 on the proceeds of a carboot sale, are winners of the national Epic Award 2017 for England, a national arts award celebrating creativity and innovation in grassroots arts, and now the 2019 Long Island Theatre Awards "Theatre Partner" award in New York. Based in Brixham, the Players primarily specialise in researched historical theatre productions and old “Classics”.
Ivybridge – Friday Sept 13th 2019, 7.30pm at
The Watermark,
Leonards Road,
Ivybridge,
Devon PL21 0SZ
Box Office Telephone: 01752 892220
Tickets: https://ivybridgewatermark.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173593965
Tickets £10 (£8 child/ concession)
