Macbeth, one of the four great Shakespearean, tragedies from the 17thcentury, tells a tale of a corrosive urge for power at the price ofconscience.
TNT theatre has been celebrated worldwide fortheir re-invention of the Shakespearean classics. Since its foundationin 1980, TNT has performed in more than 30 countries and been describedby the UK's Guardian newspaper as "the most interesting development onthe current theatrical scenes" .
The company seeks tointegrate all the performing arts in a style of theatre that merits thename of TNT – "explosive theatre" or TNT which also means The NewTheatre.
Macbeth, TNT Theatre's first Shakespeare production, has been performed in 31 countries worldwide since its premier in 2000.
Vietnam is one of three Asian countries TNT will visit this year.
The director is Paul Stebbings, whose work has won many awards at theMunich Biennale, the Edinburgh Festival and the Tehran Festival.
There will be two shows at HCM City's Municipal Theatre at 11am and 8pmon Oct. 26 and 28. On Oct. 29 there will be an evening show only.
Hanoi will have evening performances at 8pm on October 31 and November2, with the curtain going up twice, at 2pm and 8pm, on November 1.
After HCM City and Hanoi, the theatre will have one show at Trung Vuong Theatre at 8pm on November 4.
In 2009 and 2010, TNT Theatre brought two classical works Romeo & Juliet and A Chrismas Carol to Vietnam./.