In addition to the announcement of live streaming dates, the Almeida Theatre have announced an additional week of dates for their in-demand production of The Tragedy of Macbeth, starring Saoirse Ronan and James McArdle. The run will now end on 27 November.
Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold said they were "hugely grateful to the whole Macbeth company for making all of this possible.”
The production is directed by Yaël Farber whose recent work includes Hamlet (St Ann’s Warehouse, New York); Blood Wedding (Young Vic), Knives in Hens (Donmar Warehouse) and Les Blancs (National Theatre).
Saoirse Ronan in rehearsals. Photo: Marc Brenner |
The full cast for the production is Michael Abubakar, Ross Anderson, Aoife Burke, Emun Elliott, Diane Fletcher, William Gaunt, Akiya Henry, Maureen Hibbert, Reuben Joseph, Gareth Kennerley, Valerie Lilley, James McArdle, Adam McNamara, Richard Rankin and Saoirse Ronan, in her UK stage debut, with the children played by Myles Grant, Jamie-Lee Martin, Henry Meredith, Dereke Oladele, Emet Yah Khai and K-ets Yah Khai.
Tickets for the extension week of in-person performances go on sale to Gold, Silver and Bronze Friends on Monday 18 October, Almeida Friends on Wednesday 20 October and to the general public from Thursday 21 October.