Cheek by Jowl Returns to BAM With MACBETH 4/5-16

BAM presents the US premiere of trailblazing theater company Cheek by Jowl's stripped-down, psychologically taut Macbeth, lauded as "one of the greatest events of the interNational Theatre season" (El País, Spain). Under Declan Donnellan's deft direction this brutal tale of regicide and its aftershocks melds brisk military athleticism with subtle nuance, while Nick Ormerod's austere design sets off the ensemble to maximum effect. In this galvanizing production, Will Keen (Foyle's War) and Anastasia Hille play the titular Lord and his Lady as two halves of a "single, indissoluble psychic entity" (The Guardian, UK), while the iconic witches are quite literally spirited away, "appearing" only as disembodied voices throughout. The production premiered at Thèâtre de Namur, Belgium in 2009, and has traveled around the globe, with the BAM engagement marking the last stop of its world tour.

BAM 2011 Spring Season is sponsored by Bloomberg. Bank of America is the proud sponsor of BAM 2011 Theater

Macbeth
By William Shakespeare
Cheek by Jowl
Directed by Declan Donnellan
Designed by Nick Ormerod

Associate direction/movement by Jane Gibson
Lighting design by Judith Greenwood
Music by Catherine Jayes
Sound design by Helen Atkinson

BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton Street)
Apr 5-9 & 12-15 at 7:30pm
Apr 10 at 3pm
Apr 16 at 2 & 7:30pm
Tickets from $25 to $70

Artist Talk: Declan Donnellan, moderated by James Shapiro
Apr 3 at 6pm
BAMcafé (30 Lafayette Avenue)
Tickets: $15 ($7.50 for Friends of BAM)

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