Macbeth

Tero Saarinen Company and TTT Theatre, a leading Finnish drama theatre, join forces in presenting a multidisciplinary interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic. The amalgamation of dance, drama and juggling creates a razor-sharp and current exploration into greed and manipulation.

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About the creation

Macbeth (1606) is one of the most violent depictions of greed for power in dramatic literature. Shakespeare’s tragedy of the Macbeths who will stop at nothing to seize the crown is captivating in its poignancy and timelessness.

”In our interpretation, I wanted to plunge into the acts of a manipulating and contaminating mind – without overlooking the ingrained irony and humour characteristic to Shakespeare’s works”, director-choreographer Tero Saarinen says.

In the seamless amalgamation of dance, drama and juggling, co-directed with Otso Kautto, everyone on stage is both subject and object to the narrative. Michael Baran’s austere adaptation of the original play, Mikki Kunttu’s lighting design, Samu-Jussi Koski’s costumes and Marko Nyberg’s music and sound design revise the tragedy to the present.

The creation will premiere at the Dance House Helsinki on 13 March, and repremiere in Tampere at TTT’s Main Stage on 12 September, 2024.

Calendar

13 March 2024 19:00 - 20:30

Macbeth (Premiere)

Tanssin talo, Helsinki, Finland

14 March 2024 19:00 - 20:30

Macbeth

Tanssin talo, Helsinki, Finland

15 March 2024 19:00 - 20:30

Macbeth

Tanssin talo, Helsinki, Finland

16 March 2024 19:00 - 20:30

Macbeth

Tanssin talo, Helsinki, Finland

All events

★★★★★

- HELSINGIN SANOMAT, 2020 | Hamlet (TTT-theatre)

“An excitingly rich and brilliantly compact performance – a celebration of the arts“

- HELSINGIN SANOMAT, 2020 | Hamlet (TTT-theatre)

“Seamless, simultaneously poetically contemplative, yet an easily approachable Gesamtkunstwerk“

- HÄMEEN SANOMAT, 2020 | Hamlet (TTT-theatre)

Macbeth

Choreography and direction Tero Saarinen
Translation and adaptation of Shakespeare’s original text Michael Baran
Co-direction Otso Kautto
Lighting, video and set design Mikki Kunttu
Costume design Samu-Jussi Koski
Music and sound design Marko Nyberg
Choreographer’s Assistants Satu Halttunen, Henrikki Heikkilä

Performers (7 on stage) | Dancers: Mikko Lampinen, Emmi Pennanen, David Scarantino, Oskari Kymäläinen (understudy) | Juggler: Emil Dahl | Actors (TTT): Anna Kuusamo, Misa Lommi, Jyrki Mänttäri, Suvi-Sini Peltola, Saska Pulkkinen, Auvo Vihro 

 

Photo Ilkka Saastamoinen
Making of video Petrus Koskinen

Duration
90 minutes
Premiere
13 March, 2024, Dance House Helsinki, Erkko Hall | 12 September,2024, TTT-theatre Main Stage, Finland
Production
Tero Saarinen Company and TTT-theatre
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