Macbeth (Southwark Playhouse) London Reviews and Tickets

60%

(2 Ratings)

Positive

Mixed

100%

Negative

Members say

Confusing, Absorbing, Ambitious, Indulgent, Intense

About the Show

Flabbergast Theatre's first narrative text-based production based on Shakespeare's tragedy.

Flabbergast Theatre is exploring Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' through the mediums of puppetry, live music, clowning, masks, and physical theatre. By drawing out the parallels between the original text & the modern world, this production examines what it meant to be a man, what it meant to be a woman, and the social contracts drawn up between the two sexes.

Show-Score Member Reviews (2)

Intense, Indulgent, Dizzying, Confusing, Absorbing

See it if you like Shouty Shakespeare

Don't see it if the drama school crowd get on your nerves.

Confusing, Ambitious

See it if You want a new perspective into classical plays

Don't see it if You are allergic to dust! Or you take your child to the show hoping it could double as a revision for his GCSE exam!

Critic Reviews (4)

"This production goes for an impressionistic approach to the text, the emotions and psychosis as much (or more) in the movement (by Matej Matejka) as in the words."
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"It all promises much, but never quite delivers."
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“Despite lofty intentions and clear passion for the material and for all manners of performance, this Macbeth will likely prove divisive...Flabbergast's The ‘Tragedy of Macbeth’ is bold, striking, and unfortunately too overwrought for my tastes.”
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"This version of 'Macbeth'; visceral, often exciting and confusing, with a skilled and committed cast. It’s truly remarkable in many ways, but for some, perhaps not necessarily for the right reasons."
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