Absolute Macbeth

Three witches cast a circle of magic to the beat of drums and wafts of incense. Like ritual priestesses, they draw in Macbeth, the ambitious warrior who would be King. They flatter his vanity and encourage the evil inside him. And helping it blossom, they allow it to be purged, purifying the Kingdom. Shakespeare’s Macbeth is the clang of weaponry, temptation followed by murder, more murder, revenge and retribution.

The Polarity production takes place in ritual space, in a timeless zone where a soul acquiesces to its own destruction. This is Absolute Macbeth, Shakespeare’s words to the rhythm of drums, passion, choreographed battle, and sacrificial rite. It’s Macbeth done as a sacrament to purge the tyrant from our society. Richard Engling directs.