Shakespeare’s masterpiece of murder and retribution is to be the Barn’s first production in its new auditorium.

Macbeth is a play of extraordinary power and intensity: a man is haunted by violent apparitions and the guilt of a brutal murder; his wife is driven to madness by her own fierce sense of ambition; events are set in motion by the prophetic visions of witchcraft; the backdrop is a bloody war in Scotland. All of these elements are distilled into one concise and compelling drama.