MCBTH is the drama of Macbeth reduced to its naked essence. Five actors, six musicians (Spectra Ensemble) and three female singers (VOCAALLAB) tell the story of a man whose every murder takes him a step further away from reality.
Guy Cassiers and Dominique Pauwels (LOD) have come up with a new form of music theatre in which music and song are fellow players in the story. They reveal a dimension that is hidden and suppressed in the spoken word. MCBTH evokes the play’s brutal poetry by means of the intense interaction between word, image and song.
director
- Guy Cassiers
dramaturgy
- Erwin Jans
text
- William Shakespeare
translation
- Hugo Claus
with
- Vic De Wachter
- Peter Devos
- Jan Sciffer
- Katelijne Damen
- Johan Van Assche
- Tom Dewispelaere
- Kevin Janssens
- Bram Bossier
- Pieter Jansen
- Francine Vis
- Els Mondelaers
- Ekaterina Levental
- Fanny Alofs
- Frank Van Eycken
- Jan Vercruysse
- Kris Deprey
light design
- Giacomo Gorini
video
- Frederik Jassogne
musical adaptation
- Dominique Pauwels
conductor / keyboards
- Filip Rathé
costume design
- Tim Van Steenbergen
software development
- Centre Henri Pousseur
- Jean Marc Sullon
- Bart Moens
technical assistance sound design
- Maarten Craeynest
- Brecht Beuselinck
production
- Toneelhuis
- Toneelhuis
- LOD muziektheater
- Guy Cassiers
coproduction
- SPECTRA
- VocaalLAB
- Maison de la Culture d'Amiens
with the support of
- Centre Henri Pousseur
- Europese Commissie
