Harry Potter star Ralph Fiennes is coming to Liverpool later this year, in a new production of Shakespeare's masterpiece, Macbeth.
The Tony and BAFTA award-winning actor, also known for his sinister portrayal of Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter film franchise, will play the eponymous Macbeth and will be joined by the Olivier Award-winning Indira Varma, who will play Lady Macbeth.
The titans of the acting world are set to tread the boards in theatres including Liverpool, London and Washington, D.C, from November 2023. The play, a Wessex Grove and Underbelly production - in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C - will open in Liverpool.
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The play has been adapted countless times in varying forms of media, from books, plays, films, television shows and more, but this new production will offer audiences an intimate experience with a twist.
Directed by Simon Godwin with set design by Frankie Bradshaw and an adaptation by Emily Burns, the show will thwart traditional theatrical elements and comforts, and instead be staged in four site-specific warehouses in four iconic cities.
Macbeth will play in Liverpool from November 24 until December 16, 2023; Edinburgh from January 13 until January 27, 2024; London from February 11 until March 23, 2024, and Washington, D.C. from April 2 until April 28, 2024.
Tickets for the UK dates will go on sale in June - priority booking access and further information can be found here.
Commenting on the play, Ralph Fiennes said: "Ever since we collaborated on Man and Superman I've longed to work with Indira Varma and Simon Godwin again. Simon brought us together then and he’s reuniting us for Macbeth. Simon's visionary process is exceptionally collaborative.
"This will be my third time working with him - I'm truly excited. Macbeth is a play that always carries relevance but with wars in Ukraine and Sudan - and murderous authoritarian regimes very present in the world the play seems particularly current. But Shakespeare's examination of the minds of his protagonists - the intimate nature of this - is what gives the play its brilliant and terrifying focus."
Indira Varma said: "I'm thrilled to be heading back into the rehearsal room with Ralph Fiennes and Simon Godwin exploring Macbeth and Lady [Macbeth's] fraught relationship and the play’s themes of ambition and corruption which still feel chillingly poignant in our modern world."
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