The production will run at the theatre this spring.
Full casting has now been announced for the Storyhouse Originals production of Macbeth, which will run at the venue from the 6th to the 21st March.
Adapted and directed by Jamie Sophia Fletcher, this production of Shakespeare’s tragedy will be led by Robin Morrissey will appear as Macbeth in the production while Yolande Ovide is Lady Macbeth. They will be joined by Mika Onyx Johnson as Macduff, Roly Botha as Lady Macduff and Nishad More as Banquo, along with Tasha Dowd (Lennox), Francesca Hughes (Caithness), Pete MacHale (Ross), Mark Mackinnon (Duncan), Ioan O’Neill (Donaldbain), Kameron Skeene (Malcolm) and Jacob Conor (Angus). The three witches will be played by Roly Botha, Motheo Maloma and Evie Woodward.
The cast also includes Tasha Dowd (The Walrus Has a Right to Adventure, Liverpool Everyman and Sheffield Theatres, The Minotaur – Slung Low, Macbeth, Leeds Playhouse); Pete MacHale (Yerma, Nottingham Playhouse, Dear Young Monster, Bristol Old Vic/Soho Theatre); Mark Mackinnon (Macbeth (an undoing), Edinburgh Royal Lyceum, Medea on the Mic, a play, a pie and a pint, Peter Gynt, National Theatre), Kameron Skeene (The Trials, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest – for Kids at Storyhouse, Hansel and Gretel, CAST Doncaster), and trainee actors Jacob Conor, Francesca Hughes, Motheo Maloma, Ioan O’Neill, and Evie Woodward. The trainees came from Storyhouse Young Company Alumni. Which is a training scheme for young people aged 18-25.
Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy comes alive on stage in a bold new production bringing the original text to life with power, pace and atmosphere. Experience Macbeth in full: the witches, the prophecy, the blood-soaked ambition – all in a haunting, high-stakes world where fate and power collide.
Meanwhile, the creative team includes: set and lighting design from Andrew Exeter, sound design from Sarah Victoria, projection is by Daniel Denton and April Dalton is costume designer. Michaela Meazza is movement director, Kaitlin Howard is fight and intimacy director and Dan Parr from Hear The Picture for creative audio description.
Storyhouse creative director Suzie Henderson said: “I’m delighted we’ve assembled such a strong company of brilliant actors to bring Shakespeare’s great tragedy to life in gripping fashion on our thrust stage this March. Robin Morrissey is an actor who has a fantastic range and presence, and Yolande Ovide, who plays Lady Macbeth, impressed us all with her depth and versatility when she appeared in two very different roles at Grosvenor Park in 2024.”
To book tickets visit: https://www.storyhouse.com/whats-on/macbeth/