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There\u2019s nothing quite like stepping out of your front door to find a family-friendly new Shakespeare production happening in your community.<\/p>\n
But that\u2019s exactly what will be happening across Leeds this month when Leeds Playhouse heads out on a Community Tour with Makebeth by award-winning playwright Hannah Khalil. This exciting new show is packed with live music, puppetry and hands-on creativity that transforms Shakespeare\u2019s darkest tragedy into a joyful, laugh-out-loud, cardBARD adventure.<\/p>\n
The production, in which the audience is ingeniously at the heart of the creation, will visit neighbourhood venues across the city as well as playing in the Playhouse\u2019s Bramall Rock Void. Audiences will be right at the heart of the action as they make the props, costumes and set during the performance, offering a truly craft-a-long story.<\/p>\n
This playful, interactive, craft-a-long cardboard retelling of Shakespeare\u2019s Macbeth is designed for families and young audiences aged 7\u201311.<\/p>\n
Directed by Ian Nicholson and designed by multi award-winning Sam Wilde, Makebeth invites audiences to use cardboard to make the witches, to become the moving trees of Birnam Wood, and to even help Lady Macbeth with that damned spot! It\u2019s a chance to journey through the twists and turns of the Scottish play, brought to life using Cardboard Adventures\u2019 trademark sustainable cardboard design. The company also includes actors Angus Tikka, Elizabeth Ellen and Harry Miller.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t miss your chance to see this Shakespeare\u2019s classic in this interactive production from Cardboard Adventures and Shakespeare\u2019s Globe, in partnership with Leeds Playhouse and Chichester Festival Theatre.<\/p>\n
The Playhouse has taken shows into neighbourhoods across the city since 2014, sharing professional theatrical productions in schools, church halls and unusual venues as part of its annual Community Tour. Previous productions have included world premieres of Asif Khan\u2019s Sisters 360 and Alan Bennett\u2019s Talking Heads.<\/p>\n
Lily Craig, Interim Director of Playhouse Connect, said:<\/p>\n
\n\u201cOur Community Tour is a wonderful way of creating opportunities for people to come together, get creative and discover more about each other. It is one of the highlights of our year, giving us the chance to take a fantastically playful, family-friendly show on the road. This year we\u2019re thrilled to bring Makebeth to communities across Leeds.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Cardboard Adventures Artistic Director and show designer Sam Wilde said:<\/p>\n
\n\u201cMaking Makebeth has been an absolute joy \u2013 taking something as iconic as Shakespeare and reimagining it entirely through cardboard has pushed us to be more playful, more resourceful, and more imaginative than ever.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe show is full of humour and puppetry and cardboard craft-a-long magic, it\u2019s really the perfect first Shakespeare, none of that sit down complicated language, just boxes and play! What I\u2019m most looking forward to though is the wonderful music the cast have come up with. It sounds even better than it looks!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Children must be accompanied by an adult during all the Makebeth production.<\/p>\n
Makebeth is at Middleton Parochial Hall on Saturday 23 May at 2:30pm and 6pm; and at Leeds Playhouse 27-30 May. For children aged 7+ and their adults, 60 minutes. Tickets: www.leedsplayhouse.org.uk\/event\/makebeth-community-tour-middleton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
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