Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma to star in MACBETH in Liverpool, Edinburgh, London and Washington DC

Photo credit: Oliver Rosser

It has been announced that Tony and BAFTA Award-winning Ralph Fiennes will star as Macbeth and Olivier Award-winning Indira Varma will star as Lady Macbeth in an intimate new production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which will open in Liverpool this November.

Directed by Simon Godwin with set design by Frankie Bradshaw and an adaptation by Emily Burns, this new production will break free from the confines of traditional theatres and instead be staged in four site-specific warehouses in four iconic cities.

Macbeth will play seasons in Liverpool from 24 November–16 December, Edinburgh from 13–27 January 2024, London from 11 February–23 March 2024, and Washington, D.C. from 2–28 April 2024.

Further creative team and full casting is to be announced soon.

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 added: “I’m thrilled to be heading back in to the rehearsal room with Ralph Fiennes and Simon Godwin exploring Macbeth and Lady M’s fraught relationship and the play’s themes of ambition and corruption which still feel chillingly poignant in our modern world.”

Tickets for UK dates will go on sale in June, and tickets for the Washington DC season are on sale now.

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