Experience a daring new production of Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank: Macbeth in the Globe Theatre. This fast-paced, 90-minute version is created especially for young people and is the perfect introduction to Shakespeare for everyone.

At the centre of a war, three women predict soldier Macbeth’s future. He decides to fulfil their prophecy and seize control of the nation, but at a terrible cost.

When one man’s obsession with power sends a country into conflict, can anyone find the courage to be a force for good?

The Globe’s Director of Education Lucy Cuthbertson (Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank 2024: Romeo and Juliet; Rough Magic; Midsummer Mechanicals) directs Shakespeare’s tragic tale of ambition and tyranny.

‘It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.’

Act III, Scene 4

Content guidance: This production contains violence, stage blood and weapons, including knives and assault rifles; as well as loud gunshots and references to war. The production also contains depictions of murder, including infanticide. Please contact the ticketing team on 020 7401 9919 or email [email protected] if you would like further details on the play’s content.