Dates & location
- From February 27 to March 1, 2024 at 7:30pm
- March 2, 2024 at 1:00 pm
Ludger-Duvernay Theatre,
Monument-National Campus
(St-Laurent metro)
1182 Saint-Laurent, Montréal
The show is in English.
MACBETH
By: William Shakespeare
Director: Matjash Mrozewski
O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear wife!
Tempted by evil forces and urged on by his wife, Macbeth assassinates King Duncan to seize absolute power. Once on the throne, fear, paranoia and guilt soon compel them to commit ever more desperate, terrible acts. Macbeth is the story of one couple's thirst for political power and its bloody, human consequences.
Adaptation: This adaptation of Macbeth is based on a version of the play produced at NTS in 2018, which was edited and directed by David Latham. We are grateful for David's permission to work from his original document.
Warning: Haze and fog; flashing bright light; violence and dark subject matter
Cast & creative team
Everything seen on stage and all that goes on behind the scenes is created by students in Production Design and Technical Arts, Set and Costume Design, and Acting, under the guidance of professional guest artists.
See the full cast and creative team
Tickets
- Tickets available here.
- Note that all our student shows are FREE. You can support our students' work by making a donation to the National Theatre School (NTS).
A Word From Our Director
I proposed to direct Macbeth because I was excited by its theatricality and size: this play would offer the actors, designers, the production team -and me! - vivid, ambitious, larger-than-life material to work with. Eventually, I realized I hadn’t fully considered that this play would also ask us to travel into the heart of human darkness and I salute the actors, and the whole team, for joining me on that journey. Near the play’s climax, Macbeth gives voice to an utterly nihilistic worldview, and while my most cynical self sometimes finds itself agreeing with his expression of profound desolation, this process of art-making - full of collaboration, joy and dedicated hard work – has been incredibly meaningful and life-affirming.
Team
CAST – graduating students
Nora BarkerA3
Witch 3 / Gentlewoman / Seyton
Fight Captain
Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
Ktaqmkuk, traditional Beothuk & Mi'kmaw territory
Bénédicte BélizaireA3
Macbeth
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Juliette DiodatiA3
Banquo / Lady Macduff
Montréal, QC
Tiohtià:ke, unceded Kanien’kehà:ka territory
Olaoluwa FayokunA3
Duncan / Macduff
Winnipeg, MB
Treaty 1 Territory
Dylan HawcoA3
Ross / Murderer 3
Fight Captain
Cambridge, ON
Haldlmand Treaty, Six Nations of the Grand River
Seeara LindsayA3
Witch 2 / Fleance / Porter
Intimacy Captain
Chippewa Nation Pickering, ON
Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation and Williams Treaties signatories of the Mississauga and Chippewa Nation
Fatima LopezA3
Witch 1 / Donalbain / Murderer 1 / Son
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Günün a atük and Wallmapu territory
Jessica RoseA3
Lady Macbeth / Sergeant
Kitchener, ON
Traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee Peoples
CAST – professional
Anna Morreale (Acting, 2021)
Malcolm / Murderer 2
CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM - graduating students
Allison Moira KellyD2
Assistant Director
Ktaqmkuk
(Newfoundland and Labrador)
Claire AldridgeSC3
Set and props design
Calgary, AB
Bea CrowtherPDTA3
Lighting Designer
Lennoxville, QC
Traditional and unceded territory of the Abenaki people and the Wabenaki confederacy
Alex SinclairPDTA3
Video Designer
Saint John, NB
Menaquesk, unceded and unsurrendered territories of the Wabanaki (Dawnland Confederacy), the Wolastoqiyik, Mi’kma’ki, Abenaki and the Passamaquoddy
Lia WrightPDTA3
Sound Designer
Montréal, QC
(Tiohtià:ke, unceded Kanien’kehà:ka territory)
May Nemat AllahPDTA3
Production Manager
Alexandria, Egypt
Delton KrellerPDTA3
Co-Technical Director
Brandon, MB
Treaty 2
Matthew LawlerPDTA3
Co-Technical Director
Montréal, QC
Tiohtià:ke, unceded Kanien’kehà:ka territory
Jessica Campbell-MaraclePDTA NP3
Stage Manager
Toronto, Tkaronto, Treaty 13
CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM - professionals
Maude Janvier (Set and Costume Design, 2023 )
Costume Designer
CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM - students
Jess J Jandera SCD2
Costume assistant and Head of Hair and Makeup
Jake Friesen SCD2
Assistant Set Designer
Brianna Kahentanó:ron Montour NP1
Assistant Lighting Designer
Sephora N’Kosi PDTA1
Assistant Stage Manager
Danika Royer PDTA1
Assistant Stage Manager
Beatrice Freedman PDTA2
Head Carpenter
Shivonne Stevens PDTA1
Carpenter/Associate ATD/Poster Designer
Alex Sykes PDTA2
Head of Lighting
Liz Page PDTA2
Head of Video
Eiden French PDTA2
Head of Sound
Joao Veloso PDTA1
Carpenter/Head of Flies
Margot Bryson SCD1
Props, paint, and costume assistance
Daria Famili SCD1
Props, paint, and costume assistance
Mégan Vallée SCD1
Props, paint, and costume assistance
Simone Turcotte SCD1
Props, paint, and costume assistance
Nila Dutton SCD1
Dresser
Angeles Silva Lizarraga SCD1
Dresser
Daria Famili SCD1
Dresser
Maya Padlewska SCD1
Dresser
Émile Dumoulin SCD2
Scenic Painter
Amy Cuthbertson PDTA1
Carpenter/Video Asst.
Max Malfara PDTA1
Carpenter/Sound Asst.
Nico Noguera PDTA1
Carpenter/Lighting Asst.
COACHES
Andrea Lundy
Program Director/ Production Management
Rebecca Harper
Movement
Nancy Benjamin
Voice
Jonathan Patterson
Music
Anita Nittoly
Fight Director/Intimacy Coach
David Chinchilla
Fight Director
Sue Williams
Production Dramaturge
Gillian Gallow (Hooper Resident 2023-24)
Set Design
Paul Chambers
Lighting Design
Amelia Scott (Production Design and Technical Arts, 2014)
Video Design
Brian Kenny (Production Design and Technical Arts, 2014)
Sound Design
Neha Ross
Stage Management
Craig Putt (Production Design and Technical Arts, 2000)
Technical Direction
Karen Cusson
Properties
Véronique Pagnoux
Scenic Painting
Guillaume Simard (Création et production, 2010)
Master Carpenter
Christian Larochelle
Scene shop Carpenter
Jérémie Bérubé
Stage Carpenter
Chanelle Desjardins
Head of Lighting
Bianca Bernier
Head of Sound
Julia Metzger and Michael Slack (Set and Costume Design, 2001 (Michael))
Heads of Wardrobe
Mélanie Richard
Cutter
Raphaëlle Rieu and Floriane Vachon
Sewers
Hugue Auguste
Wardrobe Intern
Floriane Vachon
Wardrobe storage and dressing
Stéphane Scotto di Cesare
Hair Styling Consultant
Florence Cornet
Makeup Consultant
Margarita Brodie (Set and Costume Design, 2020)
Patina Consultant
Charlie-Loup Turcot (Création et production, 2020)
Eco Project Manager
Kathryn Westoll (Production Design and Technical Arts, 1998)
General Management
Acknowledgments
We thank Mirza Sarhan (Acting 3) for his committed contribution to this production process.
Partners
Land Acknowledgement
The land on which we are gathered has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst nations. It is part of the traditional unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka, whose rich cultural heritage continues to teach us that respect, dialogue and peace are pillars of democratic governance.