2-13 Aug at 10:30 pm
Old College Quad (venue 311) / South Bridge (EH8 9YL) Tickets £15/£13
Box office: 0131 226 0000
Language: English
Duration: 1 hour
Age restrictions: 12+
A scene from Teatr Biuro Podróży's Macbeth
Who are the people covered in blood? What has the war taught them? Do the cruelties they experienced allow them to sleep peacefully? What will happen when the witches – shaheeds - meet the people covered in blood on their way home?
Portraying a world of chaos, where the order of nature is replaced by the logic of death, this performance takes place on the borderline of reality and nightmare, where earthly characters co-exist with witches and ghosts. The show makes a spectacular use of moving set, motorbikes, stilts and fire.
Enter Macbeth. A stunning retelling by the Polish company Teatr Biuro Podróży. Translating the language of Shakespeare into a series of exhilarating vignettes, Macbeth pulls at the dark, haunting essence of the play, without, hardly, saying a word.
New York Times
It's one long and exhilarating blast of images wrapped around thundering music, flickering flames, and wafting smoke. It's a production that shows this magnificent Polish company at its best, and a reminder that large-scale outdoor theatre really can be thoughtful, as well as an eyeful.
The Guardian
There is that visual imagery, mad, wild and beautiful. It confirms Teatr Biuro Podrozy's status as one of those inimitable companies whose work, once seen, is never to be forgotten.
Scotsman
Born in 1965, Paweł Szkotak is the founder, director, actor and stage director at the Teatr Biuro Podróży in Poznań. Founded by Szkotak in 1988, the company is one of the most interesting alternative theatres from Poland. The name itself - Travel Bureau Theatre - conjures up a journey: one which is both real and metaphorical, as it is an agency for travels not only through the real-life world, but above all through the world of imagination. Szkotak's main source of inspiration is the world of visual arts, but the director also draws on political and social events.