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.

Duration
100 minutes
Premiere
13 March 2024, Dance House Helsinki, Erkko Hall
Cautions
Flashing lights
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.

Reviews

“Finnish choreographer Tero Saarinen's bracing dance-theatre startles from the start. -- An arrestingly modern vision.”

The Guardian
2025

“The perfect tragedy.”

Aamulehti
2024

“Tero Saarinen’s Macbeth is brilliant and eerily topical. Shakespeare’s bloody but human Macbeth receives a fresh and elegant reinterpretation.”

HBL
2024

“In Macbeth, multidisciplinarity and the blending of genres are at their most beautiful: contemporary dance, circus, light art, video, and music are all executed so skillfully that the audience doesn't even notice how seamlessly they intertwine within the scenes.”

Kulttuuritoimitus
2024

“The result is something completely new. A stunning performance that moves between a dance creation and a spoken play, without being either of those things.”

Demokraatti
2024

“The performance hypnotically drew the audience in – If the role of theatre is to make the viewer forget time, place and themselves, this piece succeeds in doing do perfectly. ”

Aamulehti
2024

Creative team

Tero Saarinen

Choreographer and Director

Michael Baran

Translator & Adapter

Otso Kautto

Co-Director

Mikki Kunttu

Lighting, Video and Set Designer

Samu-Jussi Koski

Costume Designer

Marko Nyberg

Composer

Satu Halttunen

Choreographer´s Assistant

Henrikki Heikkilä

Choreographer's Assistant, Rehearsal Director

Natasha Lommi

Choreographer´s Assistant

Emil Dahl

Juggler

Anna Kuusamo

Performer (TTT Theatre)

Mikko Lampinen

Performer

Emmi Pennanen

Performer

David Scarantino

Performer

Misa Lommi

Performer (TTT Theatre)

Jyrki Mänttäri

Performer (TTT Theatre)

Suvi-Sini Peltola

Performer (TTT Theatre)

Saska Pulkkinen

Performer (TTT Theatre)

Auvo Vihro

Performer (TTT Theatre)

Oskari Kymäläinen

Dancer (understudy)

Production

Tero Saarinen Company and TTT Theatre

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