Opening tonight, The Abbey Theatre presents Shakespeare’s psychological thriller, Macbeth. It is one of the darkest and most bloody of the Bard’s plays and this production is in the hands of director Jimmy Fay, who also brought The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, a superb production of Playboy of the Western World and Ages of the Moon to the Abbey Stage. Running until the 15th May, this Irish based version of the Scottish play stars Aidan Kelly and Eileen Walsh in the roles of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Rooted in the Irish landscape at the time of Cromwell, this new production lays bare the darkest side of human nature. We may no longer believe in ghosts and witches but Macbeth has always been one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays because of what it says to us about violence, ambition and morality. I am very excited about seeing it. I’m hoping … There’s more →