Review: The Macbeth Project, The Tom Fleming Centre
Swapping the politics of Scotland for the schoolyard is a tricky transition which, for this production, walks too closely along the line of nonsensical. Musically, the cast is very strong. Zachary Stewart’s fresh-faced Macbeth in particular offers a new way in to this overly familiar play. His destiny is not the throne, but to be head boy, and there are no cracks in how Stewart deals with a potentially immature storyline. Unfortunately, the musical loses its thread at the point where a reincarnated Shakespeare appears. This metatheatre approach becomes overwhelmed by a plot which is hard to appreciate, and the production struggles slightly, but it also effectively captures the complicated balance between frustration and enthusiasm which epitomises our youth, and shows genuine glimpses of future talent.
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