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

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.

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 Barker^A3
Witch 3 / Gentlewoman / Seyton
Fight Captain
Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
Ktaqmkuk, traditional Beothuk & Mi'kmaw territory

Bénédicte Bélizaire^A3
Macbeth
Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Juliette Diodati^A3
Banquo / Lady Macduff
Montréal, QC
Tiohtià:ke, unceded Kanien’kehà:ka territory

Olaoluwa Fayokun^A3
Duncan / Macduff
Winnipeg, MB
Treaty 1 Territory

Dylan Hawco^A3
Ross / Murderer 3
Fight Captain
Cambridge, ON
Haldlmand Treaty, Six Nations of the Grand River

Seeara Lindsay^A3
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 Lopez^A3
Witch 1 / Donalbain / Murderer 1 / Son
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Günün a atük and Wallmapu territory

Jessica Rose^A3
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 Kelly^D2
Assistant Director
Ktaqmkuk
(Newfoundland and Labrador)

Claire Aldridge^SC3
Set and props design
Calgary, AB

Bea Crowther^PDTA3
Lighting Designer
Lennoxville, QC
Traditional and unceded territory of the Abenaki people and the Wabenaki confederacy

Alex Sinclair^PDTA3
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 Wright^PDTA3
Sound Designer
Montréal, QC
(Tiohtià:ke, unceded Kanien’kehà:ka territory)

May Nemat Allah^PDTA3
Production Manager
Alexandria, Egypt

Delton Kreller^PDTA3
Co-Technical Director
Brandon, MB
Treaty 2

Matthew Lawler^PDTA3
Co-Technical Director
Montréal, QC
Tiohtià:ke, unceded Kanien’kehà:ka territory

Jessica Campbell-Maracle^{PDTA 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.

Macbeth

February 27 to March 2