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CAST
Roman Norman - Macbeth
Mya Jarret - Lady Macbeth
Lucky Asare - Malcolm
Anakin Fox - Lennox/Ross/Angus
Elena Chiriac - Captain/Witch 1/Seyton/Porter
Deja Lee - Macduff
Diogo Cabral - Banquo
Ben Taylor - Duncan/Caithness
Favour Dantes - Witch 2/Doctor/Servant/Murderer
Danielle Bonsu - Witch 3/Lady Macduff/Nurse
Katie Miller and Maya George were replaced by Danielle Bonsu to portray Witch 3 and Lady Macduff for health reasons.
The show was exquisitely outstanding but there was only one problem: the actors didn't fully know their lines but they were inconsistent.
I praise Norman and Chiriac's performance as Macbeth and the Porter. The music was off but the lighting was simple and clever but confusing when it comes to Cabral's performance as Banquo. His performance was poor due to focusing his acting into one single emotion e.g. if Banquo is angry, he will stay that way throughout the entire play. Fox's performance was extremely poor due to low vocal projection and less knowledge of lines. The rest of the cast was AMAZING. I like how they just show off their own raw ability to act. Asare was showing some real good energy throughout the rehearsal process and the rehearsals in the theatre.
Norman's Macbeth was really expressing the emotions of his character within the themes of the play. Guilt and remorse is one of them. In the scene where Macbeth was starting see Banquo's ghost after he was killed, it wasn't just those two emotions, there was a third and obvious emotion that he would feel: FEAR. Which leads me to another theme: Salvation and Damnation. It was then Macbeth killed Duncan and he became King of Scotland and everything was perfect until he started seeing ghosts and visions. His Salvation: Becoming King of Scotland. His Damnation: His death. The art of karma. The irony.
I love Mya Jarret's performance as Lady Macbeth because she was really trying to become the "real" Lady Macbeth and emitting ambition and temptation. They both play a key factor in Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's decision to kill Duncan. Macbeth possesses enough self-awareness to realize the dangers of overzealous ambition. And yet, the temptation to carry out the witches' prophecy is ultimately too strong for Macbeth to curb his ambition. In Lady Macbeth’s lexicon, incidentally, “hope” is also another word for “ambition” and perhaps “temptation.” Macbeth expressed his doubts about killing Duncan. Ironically, Lady Macbeth must herself rely on intoxicants to “make her bold” before executing her ambitious and murderous plans. Once the intoxication wears off, Lady Macbeth finds that she is unable to cope with the consequences of her own "hope." Ultimately, ambition and temptation prove fatal for both the Macbeths.
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