Win a pair of tickets to Dunsinane

We have two pairs of tickets to give away for the show. 

Macbeth is dead.

England has seized the seat of power.

Attempting to restore peace and put in place a new ruler, the commanding officer is beset by a brutal guerrilla uprising and simmering discontent amongst his own inexperienced troops. Struggling to grasp the alien customs and politics of this harsh country, he finds himself drawn towards the tyrant’s powerful widow in search of someone to share his burden of responsibility. Increasingly isolated from his own men and Scottish allies alike, his efforts to restore order appear futile as the situation spins out of control.

David Greig’s exhilarating play is a vision of one man’s attempt to restore peace in a country ravaged by war. David is a multi award-winning Scottish playwright whose play with music Midsummer was a hit of this year’s Edinburgh Festival. In Dunsinane David has turned his attention to an often misrepresented period in Scotland’s history, the events surrounding the death of Macbeth and the subsequent conflict for control of the Scottish throne. A long way from the story as told by Shakespeare, David’s epic play follows the efforts of the English general, Siward, to secure a stable succession for the Scottish throne, while protecting England’s interest.  But the play  goes far beyond a re-telling of historical fact. It is a darkly comic and compelling story of one man’s attempt to do the right thing in difficult and dangerous circumstances.

RSC Associate Director Roxana Silbert directs her first production for the Company with a cast including Siobhan Redmond and Jonny Phillips

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