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Macbeth

Shake & Stir Macbeth

6 - 21 Jun 2026
Playhouse
On Sale Thu 12 Feb 9:00 AM
$79 - $119 *
* A transaction fee of $7.50 applies.
2 hours
including interval, subject to change without notice

In celebration of its 20th anniversary, revered production house Shake & Stir tackle Shakespeare’s most-gripping tragedy, Macbeth.

Reborn into a ruthless world of rolling news, political theatre and weaponised ambition, this razor-sharp new adaptation from the creative team behind 1984, A Christmas Carol, Frankenstein and Jane Eyre, charts the course of a rising war hero who becomes the media’s latest obsession and, pushed by a partner as polished as she is dangerous, turns the 24-hour news cycle into his personal battleground.

This is Macbeth, as written by Shakespeare, reimagined at scale, for our age of clickbait and catastrophe: a dark, seductive, ratings-driven descent where perception is everything, loyalty is currency, and one couple’s hunger for the top spot threatens to bring their whole empire crashing down.

Curriculum Connections – For School Groups

Drama
Senior Drama Syllabus (Years 11–12)
Unit 3: Transform
Unit 4: Transform
Students explore traditional classical plays and investigate how these works can be transformed into contemporary performances.

English
Senior English Syllabus (Years 11–12)
Unit 2: Texts and Culture

English
Year 10

LANGUAGE
AC9E10LA02 - understand that language used to evaluate, implicitly or explicitly reveals an individual’s values
AC9E10LA03 - analyse text structures and language features and evaluate their effectiveness in achieving their purpose
AC9E10LA07 - evaluate the features of still and moving images, and the effects of those choices on representations

LITERATURE
AC9E10LE03 - analyse how the aesthetic qualities associated with text structures, language features, literary devices and visual features, and the context in which these texts are experienced, influence audience response
AC9E10LE04 - evaluate the social, moral or ethical positions represented in literature
AC9E10LE05 - analyse how text structure, language features, literary devices and intertextual connections shape interpretations of texts
AC9E10LE07 - analyse and evaluate the aesthetic qualities of texts

LITERACY
AC9E10LY01 -analyse and evaluate how people, places, events and concepts are represented in texts and reflect context
AC9E10LY03 - analyse and evaluate how language features are used to implicitly or explicitly represent values, beliefs and attitudes
AC9E10LY04 - analyse and evaluate how authors organise ideas in texts to achieve a purpose

The Arts Curriculum v9.0
Drama – Year 9 & 10 

Exploring and responding
AC9ADR10E01 - investigate use of elements of drama, performance skills and/or conventions to communicate and/or challenge ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in drama across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts

Developing practices and skills
AC9ADR10D01 - develop performance skills and/or techniques to manipulate elements of drama and/or use conventions to communicate the physical and psychological aspects of roles and characters consistent with intentions
AC9ADR10D02 - reflect on their own and others’ drama or practices to refine and inform their use of elements of drama, conventions and/or approaches to shape and sustain dramatic action

Creating and making
AC9ADR10C01 - improvise and devise drama, and interpret scripted drama, using elements of drama and conventions to shape and manipulate dramatic action and convey intended ideas, perspectives and/or meaning

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Important Information

Age Recommendation

Recommended for ages 14+.

Warning

This production contains mature adult themes including violence, depictions of torture, murder, self-harm and suicide. It also contains sudden loud noises, strobe lighting, haze and smoke.

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