Macbeth

In the organizer's words:

Tragedy by William Shakespeare

Scotland, a long time ago. The war is over. Macbeth and his friend Banquo return from the battlefield. They have won, are full of adrenaline, their swords still full of blood. Macbeth, the hero, the killer in the service of king and country, has a great future ahead of him. Strange creatures predict kingship for him, Macbeth should only listen to his thirst for blood. Encouraged by his wife, he murders his way to absolute power...
Although Macbeth's actions strike us as unimaginable and inhuman, there is an uneasy feeling that Macbeth is not just a monster. Even as he bathes in blood, Macbeth reflects on his humanity, sees his actions as an expression of a greater thought: a black thought, but a thought. He reminds us that man is a reflective animal. Macbeth is the person we could be if someone pressed the wrong buttons.
Jens Harzer, winner of the Iffland Ring, and Johan Simons have enjoyed a fruitful artistic collaboration for many years. Together with the congenial world creators Marina Galic and Stefan Hunstein, they have created a brilliant Shakespearean tragedy in the spirit of Beckett.