Murderous Macbeth: Paranoid Prefect

 

We all know and love to hate Shakespeare’s infamous ‘Macbeth’, also known as the “Scottish play”, which etches out the tragedy of an ambitious man who murders his way to the crown.  Encouraged by his even ruthless wife and the predictions of three “fates”, Macbeth goes down a dark, haunting, and intriguing path to his demise.

Now, what if we take that basic plot and set it in 2022, in an all-girls school, with head prefect as the goal?  The product is all the teen drama one could dream of… but make it a nightmare.

Mackenzie “Lady” Macbeth and her girlfriend, Bethany, want to rule the school.  Who do they need to take down to get to the top? And how will they make it happen?

Still dark, as evil plots unfold; still haunting, as there are literal ghosts; and still intriguing, as we try to understand methods and motives: this play is bound to disturb and entertain.

Blouberg International School’s modern version of ‘Macbeth’ will take to the Baxter Theatre stage during the Shakespeare School’s Festival, on Wednesday, 10 August, and again on our school stage on Friday, 12 August.

To book click here! https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/Event.aspx?itemid=1513749284 (Please ensure to book for one of the days our school performs, as we do not perform every day)

Come to see if they can wash the blood off their hands.

Genevieve Kerswill

High School English Teacher and Drama Coordinator

 

(PHOTOS BELOW: Moments on stage from our Midsummer Night’s Dream performance at the Shakespeare School’s Festival in 2020 at the Fugard Theatre)