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Macbeth review " just an everyday couple crazed by poisonous power

by Mark Fisher

Hull TruckIn a stark modern staging, Mark Babych frames the tragedy as a story of ordinary lives spiralling into catastrophe For a play that ends so bloodily, Macbeth starts like an improvisation. It is a tragedy of opportunism, of a moment of hubris that spins out of control. For a while, it could go either way. That comes across in this staging, directed by Mark Babych in a three-way co-production with Bolton Octag…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:02am on February 12, 2026