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 "It's high
energy, visual, dynamic and involving work, in which the cast give their all,
and the audience loved it right back. As
a vibrant textual interpretation and as a high contact promenade experience,
this Macbeth signals the company's triumphant artistic maturity."
THE AUSTRALIAN, 1998.
Originally a
bi-lingual work created in Japan in 1995, Macbeth: As Told by the
Weird Sisters went on to become one of Zen Zen Zo's flagship
productions. Remounted in Brisbane in
1998, 1999 and again in 2002 at QPAC, the show then toured internationally,
headlining the Singapore Youth Festival.
Featuring a chorus of 8 witches, this promenade production plunged the
audience into the midst of Macbeth's increasing madness, sweeping them up
(literally) into the action. This was
the first of many Zen Zen Zo shows to intimately explore the actor-audience
relationship using the promenade convention of allowing the viewers to move
around the space. This production also
went on to tour for three years through schools as Visions of Macbeth
with the Queensland Arts Council.
Title:
Macbeth:
As Told by the Weird Sisters
Dates:
18 April - 9 May,
1998
Venue:
The Princess Theatre, Brisbane
Director:
Simon
Woods
Movement Director:
Lynne
Bradley
Designer:
Sandra
Anderson
Lighting Designer:
Andrew
Meadows
Composer:
Colin
Webber
Fight Director:
Scott Witt
Performers:
Chris Beckey, Julie Brown, Martin Challis, Laurel
Collins, Justin Cooper-White, Peta Downes, Kurt Duval, Jason Klarwein, Jared
House, Kellie Lazarus, Glen Player, Taya Seidler, Nicola Shaw
Title:
Macbeth:
As Told by the Weird Sisters
Dates:
22 May - 12 June,
1999
Venue:
The Princess Theatre, Brisbane
Director:
Simon
Woods
Movement Director:
Lynne
Bradley
Designer:
Sandra
Anderson
Lighting Designer:
Andrew
Meadows
Composer:
Colin
Webber
Fight Director:
Scott Witt
Performers:
Chris Beckey, Larisa Chen, Laurel Collins, Justin Cooper-White,
Marcus Henry, Shane Jones, Jason Klarwein, Kellie Lazarus, Taya Seidler, Bella
Sipthorp, Adam Wade
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