A Fool's Paradise: 30 Shakespeare Scenes in 60 Minutes

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A Fool's Paradise: 30 Shakespeare Scenes in 60 Minutes

“Four actors race to perform Shakespeare's greatest hits. You, the audience, play Shakespearean BINGO to choose what scene comes next and keep the actors on their toes. Call out favorites such as Romeo & Juliet's balcony bliss, Lady Macbeth's blood cleansing sleepwalk or one of our more “liberally interpreted” alternatives. 30 scenes will be performed in 60 minutes...or someone gets a pie in the face!” (description from company website)

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Bad Shakespeare, Theatre OCU

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“Nature versus nurture? Are villains born or bred? Can they ever find true redemption? Theater OCU explores Shakespeare's most villainous characters - Macbeth, Iago, Aaron, Tamora and Lady Macbeth - and asks the question: what is bad Shakespeare?” --description from Fringe programme

This exploration of Shakespeare's villains focused on, among others, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, Iago, Tamora and Aaron, and Angelo from Measure for Measure.

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Shakespeare Syndrome, Mermaids

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“We all agree Shakespeare's characters need professional help. They won't find it here. Shakespeare Syndrome, a one-act comedy, shows what happens when several characters go to the same psychiatrist's office. Though this be madness, there's no method in't.” –description from the Fringe Programme

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MacBain, Dood Paard

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MacBain, Dood Paard

“MacBeth and Kurt Cobain and Lady Macbeth and Courtney Love inspire a pitch-black comedy about unbridled ambition, hunger for power and an addiction to intoxication and ecstasy. A triptych of hilarious interviews with the pop stars, a freaky fast-forward puppet version of Macbeth which results in a merciless symbiosis of the grunge couple Cobain-Love and the Thanes of Cawdor. A crazy journey into the world of two seriously troubled people who are trying to escape from their mental prison, as their loneliness howls through the room and the attempts to reverse the inevitable end are heart-breaking.” --description from Fringe Programme

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Shakin' Shakespeare, Captivate Theatre

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"Brave Macbeth, Cheer Up Hamlet, Romantic Romeo: three hugely entertaining, fast and smart adaptations. A hilarious formula to introduce Shakespeare's plots to young 'uns"--HuffingtonPost.co.uk; description from Fringe Festival programme

A new series of musicals inspired by Shakespeare's plays marking 400 years since the playwright's death.

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Macbeth, Hampshire Shakespeare

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“Founded in 1989, Hampshire Shakespeare Company is a community of artists dedicated to presenting the works of Shakespeare and promoting theatre in general. Every summer our Shakespeare Under the Stars series offers performances by both our Mainstage company of adults and our Young Company of school-age actors, all at the UMass Center for Renaissance Studies in Amherst.”

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Shakespeare in Rochester

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“Shakespeare’s death may have transpired long before our collective time (let’s make that 400 years, if we’re being precise,) but there truly is no denying the lasting influence of his works. Shakespearean works in all forms have long since become a ubiquitous part of our culture, and is in respect for this that the greater Rochester area community does its best to honor and appreciate all of the valuable art he left behind.”

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A staged reading of Macbeth, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II

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A staged reading of Macbeth, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II

In this latest staged reading of Shakespeare’s text, steeped in theatrical superstitions, the maelstrom was chosen as a symbol of imbalance, violence, cruelty, of the pain of irrationality that the greed for power never fails to inflict.

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Macbeth – táncprodukció, Gyula Shakespeare Festival 

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“The eternal lesson of the tragedy of Macbeth is that a misconceived sense of vocation, a pathological ambition and a false ruling spirit, create destructive figures with distorted spirits. Both in the chronicles of history and these days, people appear who have seized power by force, deceit or by craftiness. When we suffer because of amateur and bad leaders above us, Shakespeare gives us comforting justice with the tragedy of Macbeth. The Shakespeare work, which originally comes from the Medieval, Celtic Holinshed chronicle, is permeated by the mystical tone and mysterious atmosphere of legends full of violent deeds and haunting sense of guilt. The world of superstitions and visions, the mystery of the Shakespeare work and the richness of motifs and symbols provide excellent raw material for dance and the art of movement.”

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Macbeth, The Classical Theatre of Harlem

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About the Company:
“CTH combines original adaptations, music, and dance to present great classics of world literature as well as contemporary works that will stand the test of time. It is CTH’s vision to create the 21st century theatre company whose value to its community is inherent and essential, a company that is engaged in producing theatre that has the capacity to change lives, and truly reflects the diversity of ideas and racial tapestry that is America. CTH is purposeful in seeking to create comprehensive access for theatre artists of diverse backgrounds. This includes actors, directors, designers, playwrights, technicians, and arts administrators.”

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Le Off (Festival d'Avignon)   

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“The Festival d’Avignon celebrated its 70th edition in 2016 and while there were no major Shakespearean productions on the main programme, they dominated the programme of the Festival Off d’Avignon (the fringe festival). The only playwright whose works were performed and adapted more was Molière. From puppet shows to experimental takes on the tragedies, Le Off offered a wide range of Shakespeare for all ages.”

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Screw Your Courage! (or The Bloody Crown), Klahr Thorsen

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Screw Your Courage! (or The Bloody Crown), Klahr Thorsen

Witches curse an actress to play the role of Lady Macbeth over and over again until she gets it just right. Will she be able to conquer madness, Serbians, and enchanted bagpipers long enough to triumph as Shakespeare's most misunderstood heroine?

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Macbeth, Teatro Stabile di Napoli

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Macbeth, Teatro Stabile di Napoli

Director Luca De Fusco worked on the text in order to highlight the weird elements present within it. In his opinion, the fundamental moments in the play are all pervaded by an oneiric, dreamlike atmosphere which goes as far as the unreal. At the centre of the scene he puts the Macbeths' bedroom, because he believes that more than a play about war and dead it is a play about a philosophical, theological and psychiatric struggle.

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Macbeth, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival

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“On a deserted heath, three witches convince a visionary general that he is destined to become King of Scotland. Spurred by their prophecy, Macbeth and his Lady slash a bloody path to power. In our production, “something wicked this way comes” as three brilliant actresses bring all of Macbeth’s 34 unforgettable characters to fierce new life. In this timeless tale of vaulting ambition and dark temptation, our three weyward sisters simultaneously embody and bear witness to unspeakable violence.” (Information from the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Site)

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Macbeth at the Redcliffe Caves, Insane Root

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Macbeth at the Redcliffe Caves, Insane Root

This site-specific promenade production of Macbeth took part in the atmospheric, blood-red walled Redcliffe Caves as part of the Bristol Shakespeare Festival. The cast of seven lead small audiences through the labyrinthine caves as they told the story of a once-loyal soldier in a supernatural war-torn Scotland.  

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Lady Macbeth, South West Dance Theatre 

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This production moved Shakespeare's Macbeth into the present day and thrust Lady Macbeth into the spotlight. Combining ballet, street, contemporary dance, Latin, poetry, prose and British Sign language for the deaf, South West Dance Theatre retold the classic tale. In this version, it was Lady Macbeth who found her natural drive and motivations displaced, forfeiting virtue and honour for a more meteoric career.

South West Dance Theatre is a Bristol-based collective that promotes diversity in dance through eclectic home-grown choreography drawing on a range of styles from ballet and contemporary to street, jazz and Latin.  As well as performing to audiences in a range of venues from theatres to festivals, the company brings their fresh expressive dance theatre to a variety of subjects from the physics of light to Shakespeare. In April 2016, the company also led a Macbeth-inspired dance workshop for pupils at Elmfield School for Deaf.

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