Cush Jumbo and David Tennant talk Shakespeare, first roles, favorite characters, and the fun side of the theater.
Macbeth Q&A with David Tennant and Cush Jumbo
Documentary
Macbeth: David Tennant & Cush Jumbo
Theater114 min2025PG-13, 15
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?
Why Watch This
“David Tennant takes on the title role, opposite Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife, Criminal Record) as a steely, calculating Lady Macbeth. Two of Britain's most recognized screen actors united on stage in a production critics called unmissable. It premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, one of London's most revered 250-seat venues, known for boundary-pushing work, before enjoying a record-breaking West End run at the end of 2024.”
— Marquee TV Theater Content Curator