19:45, Thu 1st – Fri 2nd September 2011 at ADC Theatre
14:30, Sat 3rd September 2011 at ADC Theatre
15:00, Sat 10th September 2011 at Hagerstown Community College, Hagerstown, MD
20:00, Sat 10th September 2011 at Hagerstown Community College, Hagerstown, MD
19:00, Mon 12th September 2011 at St. John Fisher's College, Rochester, NY
19:00, Wed 14th September 2011 at Schuster Theatre in Scottino Hall, Gannon University, Erie, PA
19:00, Sat 17th September 2011 at The Theatre at Washington, Little Washington, VA
19:00, Mon 19th September 2011 at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
09:30, Thu 22nd September 2011 at Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madisonville, KY
19:00, Thu 22nd September 2011 at Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madisonville, KY
19:30, Fri 23rd September 2011 at Nashville School of the Arts, Nashville, TN
19:00, Mon 26th September 2011 at Columbia College, Columbia, SC
19:00, Wed 28th September 2011 at Sebastian River High School, Sebastian, FL
19:45, Tue 4th – Sat 8th October 2011 at ADC Theatre
14:30, Sat 8th October 2011 at ADC Theatre

“Now o’er the one half-world | Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse | The curtain’d sleep.”

One of the greatest works in Western literature, 'Macbeth' explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.

A barren, post-apocalyptic wasteland, dead trees, and broken mirrors. Cambridge American Stage Tour’s 2011 production of Shakespeare’s tragic masterpiece presents a nightmarish vision of the future, where nothing is quite as it seems. Inspired by modern dystopian fiction, prepare to descend into a landscape of broken dreams and bloody ambitions, inhabited by murderers and madmen. In a world of royal isolation, amidst smiling courtiers and a promise of immortality, Macbeth is king of nothing.

Under the patronage of Dame Judi Dench, CAST has given sixteen students the opportunity to tour America over the past twelve years, establishing itself as one of the most prestigious tour shows in Cambridge, performing across the East Coast in cities from New York to New Orleans, Boston, Washington DC and Miami.

16:00, Mon 1st – Mon 29th August 2011 at The Edinburgh Playhouse at the Hawke and Hunter, Green Room

From the company who brought you 2009's ***** (Ed Fest Mag) "highly entertaining and visually stunning" (The Stage "Must See") Metamorphosis, which featured "breathtaking feats of acrobatic skill" (Three Weeks) and left "the audience feeling exhilerated" (Fest), comes a Macbeth like no other. Magic mirrors, outstanding physical theatre, and fantastic new music by the composers of Time Out's Critic's Choice Hamlet House of Horror combine to make a spectacular and nightmarish reinvention of this classic tale. You will be left questioning what is real and what is hallucination, what is evil and what is justified.

19:00, Tue 9th – Sat 13th February 2010 at Corpus Playroom

" Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't "

When witches prophesy that Macbeth will be king, the choice lies in his hands: to follow his forceful wife and his own ambition, or to shun the evil deeds that he knows he must perform. As Scotland spirals further and further into wild degradation, where force fights force and purity is weak, Macbeth battles with himself, his friends, and what goodness remains around him while his world spins ever further into a chaos of bloodshed and madness.

19:30, Fri 30th – Sat 31st January 2009 at Christ's New Court Theatre
19:30, Mon 2nd February 2009 at Christ's New Court Theatre

William Shakespeare's darkest masterpiece, 'Macbeth' portrays a Scotland torn apart by war, greed and ambition. Duncan is weak, and trapped in an unwanted war he seems destined to lose. His court festers with false loyalty, and everywhere he turns he sees dissent and destruction. The only hope for the salvation of his kingdom lies with two generals, Macbeth and Banquo, but their victory comes at a cost. Having defeated the enemy without, they must learn to cope with the enemy within. 'Oftentimes to win us to our harms the instruments of darkness tell us truths'. Performed in the state-of-the-art Christ's College Yusuf Hamied Theatre, this production charts just how far one man may fall. Let the nightmare begin. WARNING - CONTAINS SOME SCENES OF GRAPHIC HORROR.

19:00, Tue 6th – Sat 10th March 2007 at Corpus Playroom

'If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done quickly.'

One of Shakespeare's darkest works, Macbeth is also one of his most popular and has fascinated and disturbed audiences for centuries. This new fast-paced, minimalist production will use the intimate atmosphere of the Corpus Playroom to explore the tragic elements at the play's heart. Through exploiting movement and live music throughout the auditorium the production aims to throw the audience into the thick of the action, so that viewers will fully experience the immediacy of the fear and paranoia which grips the protagonists as events begin to spiral out of control.

19:30, Sat 2nd December 2006 at Antwerp International School, Antwerp, Belgium
19:00, Mon 4th December 2006 at International School of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
19:30, Tue 5th December 2006 at Stadttheater Olten, Olten, Switzerland
15:30, Wed 6th December 2006 at Aula Gymnasium Koeniz-Lerbermatt, Berne, Switzerland
19:00, Wed 6th December 2006 at Aula Gymnasium Koeniz-Lerbermatt, Berne, Switzerland
19:00, Thu 7th December 2006 at Kantonsschule, Sursee, Switzerland
17:30, Fri 8th December 2006 at College Claparede, Geneva, Switzerland
16:30, Sun 10th December 2006 at Gymnase de Burier, Montreux, Switzerland
13:30, Mon 11th December 2006 at College of Gambach, Fribourg, Switzerland
19:30, Tue 12th December 2006 at Theaterkeller, Basel, Switzerland
20:00, Wed 13th December 2006 at Stadthalle Kehl, Kehl-am-Rhein, Germany
20:00, Fri 15th December 2006 at Espace Bouteiller, Chantilly, France
13:30, Mon 18th December 2006 at Salle du Théâtre Universitaire, Liege, Belgium
18:30, Mon 18th December 2006 at Salle du Théâtre Universitaire, Liege, Belgium
18:30, Tue 19th December 2006 at Salle du Théâtre Universitaire, Liege, Belgium
19:45, Tue 16th – Sat 20th January 2007 at ADC Theatre
14:30, Sat 20th January 2007 at ADC Theatre

How does a man get to murder a king? Is it because he is ambitious? Or because he has met three strangely entrancing sisters on a heath whose enigmatical sing-song prophecies included an address to himself as the future king? Or is he irresistibly ensnared by his undaunted wife who knows him better than anyone else and can in turn tempt and taunt him exactly at the right moment? Macbeth kills the king and has to become a master of hypocrisy. But his conscience surrounds him with horrifying dreams and maddening visions, and the crown on his head becomes a torturing device.

Murder follows upon murder as Macbeth tries to secure his bloody throne, until, abandoned by all allies, he holds his tyrannical sceptre over a country paralysed with fear and terror. This production will draw you into a cinematically paced ghostride of eerie shapes, smiling courtiers, stylish costumes and distorted sounds, a world made out of thunder and lighting, crowded by witches, apparitions, murderers, and sleepwalkers, in which you can see some of Shakespeare's most memorable characters come to life and experience his poetic language at its most powerful.

Since 1957, ETG has toured Europe each winter performing a Shakespeare play. Founded by Sir Derek Jacobi, we have developed a reputation both at home and abroad for producing exciting and innovative interpretations of classic texts. We traditionally visit a wide variety of venues across the whole of Western Europe travelling complete with set, lights and costumes; this enables us to produce a first class performance in any location. ETG is not only Cambridge's premier touring theatre group, but also the oldest and most respected touring group of any university.

21:30, Tue 25th – Sat 29th October 2005 at Corpus Playroom

Forget all the other Shakespeare shows you’ll see this term – the Fletcher Players are proud to present his finest female character, Lady Macbeth. Well, when we say Lady Macbeth we mean Lily Morgan. Plain old Lily doesn’t just want to audition for the role in her school play, she wants to be Lady Macbeth. Will her friends and family ever see Lily as anything other than quiet and uninspiring? And what will bringing her brother’s knife to the audition lead to? After all it’s only acting – isn’t it?

19:30, Tue 4th – Sat 8th October 2005 at ADC Theatre

“Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.”

In a barren, disordered world, Macbeth’s fateful encounter with the witches tempts him into a spiral of murder, deception and death. Returning from a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe with CUADC, Blank Theatre presents a spellbinding new interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragedy. Fusing the original verse with a battery of music, rhythm and dance, this vibrant young company creates a unique form of ensemble ‘total theatre’; in one hour Macbeth is re- imagined through a visual language of physical theatre and multimedia, enhancing the clear and entertaining telling of the story. Pace and energy characterises this compelling hour of theatre, combining the ‘sound and fury’ of an original score with exhilarating choreography. Following the success of The Tempest (November, 2004) Blank continues to break new ground in the performance of Shakespeare.

"Breathing new and dynamic life into familiar Shakespearean territory." (Steve Waters, Playwright)

12:00, Wed 3rd – Sat 13th August 2005 at C -1, Edinburgh Fringe
12:00, Mon 15th – Mon 29th August 2005 at C -1, Edinburgh Fringe

Fusing Shakespeare's verse with a battery of music, rhythm and physical theatre, Cambridge University’s acclaimed ADC brings you a spellbinding hour of theatre in their new interpretation of Macbeth. "Breathing dynamic life into familiar Shakespearean territory." (Steve Waters, Playwright)

19:45, Tue 23rd – Sat 27th November 2004 at Robinson College Auditorium

Macbeth is Shakespeare's masterpiece about political backstabbing, and this production looks to bring it up to date to the era of Alistair Campbell.