Macbeth: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo

Fearless and unforgettably creepy. This high-concept production, filmed live at London’s Donmar Warehouse, stars David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in Shakespeare’s most infamous tragedy. Tennant delivers a self-righteous warrior whose sharp intellect curdles into cold-blooded calculation. Seething with paranoia and insidious fury, he makes every soliloquy feel like a whispered confession, compelling us to hang on to his every word. Jumbo’s Lady Macbeth is steely yet soft-spoken, ruthless yet radiant. Draped in virginal white throughout, she exudes an eerie purity, even as she orchestrates a spiral of bloodshed. Max Webster’s masterful direction grips relentlessly as the body count rises. Stark, film-like expressionism blurs reality and hallucination, while immersive 5.1 surround sound places the audience inside the fevered minds of the Macbeths. As their sanity crumbles, a chilling question remains: Where does ambition end and madness begin?