A scene from Song of the Goat's Macbeth
It is astonishing in so many ways, with A Filetta’s Corsican song in a new arrangement of the ensemble, emotional music played by Rafal Habel, exquisite performances and singing by the actors, picturesque poses, wooden sword combats, the lighting, the set design, and harmonious movement and space.
Following showings of Macbeth in the UK in the autumn of 2011, Henry Hitchings wrote in a review for the in London Evening Standard:
The company’s physicality is dynamic and orchestral (…) there’s an overriding sense of the performers moving as a single unit, its various organs driven by a throbbing heart (...) This is a powerful, original take on Shakespearean tragedy.
Giles Broadbent stated in The Wharf:
This is a genuinely new way to revel in the lyricism of Shakespeare, bypassing the textual intricacies and opting to distil the essence of magic and tragedy into a more visceral brew. (…) Bewitching theatre.
The play's truly international cast includes actors from England, Finland, Scotland, Wales and Poland.
Song of the Goat Theatre (Teatr Pieśni Kozła) was founded in Wroclaw between 1996 and 1997 by Grzegorz Bral and Anna Zubrzycka. The group's interest is mainly rooted in the tradition and culture of performance arts, especially in terms of its musical aspects. The company’s work also encompasses anthropological studies and expeditions (Greece, Albania, Taiwan) and the group's members frequently conduct actor workshops. Training focuses above all on voice exercises and acting technique and coordination technique are taught by Grzegorz Bral. Song of the Goat Theatre is the only alternative theatre in Poland and one of only two in Europe, which has a postgraduate study programme allowing actors to gain a Master of Arts certificate.
9-11 Aug at 7:15 pm
Summerhall (venue 26) Main Hall / 1 Summerhall (EH9 1PL) Tickets: £11/£9
Box office: 0845 874 3001
Language: English
Duration: 70 min
Age restrictions: 16+