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Around the tragic couple of Macbeths, Lady Bodhe, Gruoch's mother, is an extraordinary presence with an overexcited punk rock accent. In what will become over the course of the scenes a quartet worthy of a true tragedy, the faithful Servant finally trembles, hiding under his comical humor and apparent naivety, a well-rehearsed knowledge of the intrigues of the Princes.
Eric Durand's direction plunges us into the Dark Ages in Scotland, in a resolutely Gothic aesthetic shock, with a theatrical world rich in psychology carried by powerful and enigmatic characters.
Vianney Oudart's live music envelops this prologue with a resolutely contemporary drama of power and betrayal.
Une saison avant la tragédie de Macbeth sheds new light on one of the most famous and bloodiest couples in Anglo-Saxon literature, caught in the fatal spiral described by William Shakespeare in his 1606 play.
In this text by Gloria Carreño, prologue to Shakespeare's play, Lady Macbeth, the mad sleepwalker consumed by remorse, gives way to the historical character: the fiery Gruoch/Lady Macbeth, a woman with subtle political intelligence who sweeps away the omens , auguries and witchcraft to prefer this blunt declaration: “It is human beings who forge their destiny, and not the stars, storms or unicorns. »
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“This new play is undoubtedly a piece to see, skillfully mixing facts and fiction to make a new almost Shakespearean drama... An exceptional evening for any Shakespeare lover”
Chris Hislop, Time Out, London
Photo: C. Espigat
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