tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post6647605509230643792..comments2023-12-14T21:08:52.235+11:00Comments on SOYP: The People's Theatre Advisor : STC’S ‘MACBETH’ dissected by meAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13465326595602560516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-37604780131952729872014-12-06T18:10:17.967+11:002014-12-06T18:10:17.967+11:00I was so excited to see Hugo Weaving as Macbeth - ...I was so excited to see Hugo Weaving as Macbeth - i thought it would be the perfect casting - but I felt that this whole performance was lacking the 'respect' i feel the play deserves. The witches were ridiculous - Lady Macbeth was a bore and overall I thought the whole thing was a total let down. Very disappointed. It's made me very hesitant to see STC do King Lear in 2015 - I don't want one of my favourite plays to be ruined like Macbeth was. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-77423549562240918972014-09-19T23:31:46.889+10:002014-09-19T23:31:46.889+10:00This "Macbeth" lives up to the line that...This "Macbeth" lives up to the line that it is a "tale told by an idiot". Kip WIlliams has done some good work before but this production is bereft of any original ideas. And he has borrowed from Benedict Andrews one too many times. I exclaimed a loud "Oh no!" when the glittery rain started to fall from the flies. This production was cold and leaden. So many opportunities, a great cast but as always in Sydney theatre lately this potential has been turned to excrement by an inexperienced director. One thing that this production proved is that the Sydney Theatre is the worst space for actors in the western world. When you have the most experienced Shakespeare speakers in Australia having to be miked you know that the whole production concept is wrong. esteban insaustinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-5533881012367418712014-08-14T11:15:54.934+10:002014-08-14T11:15:54.934+10:00Yes- by all reports, early shows were very difficu...Yes- by all reports, early shows were very difficult to sit through in every sense. Glad I saw it a little later. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465326595602560516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4124858870558544212.post-35620513727387175412014-08-13T08:25:14.223+10:002014-08-13T08:25:14.223+10:00I swapped a late season ticket for the second prev...I swapped a late season ticket for the second preview. Bad move. I hated it. Uncomfortable and too many silly ideas. Won't be seeing any Kip Williams shows next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com