Macbeth Muet

60 minutes
Ages 14 and up
Indoor show

Latest Performances

 


Mukamas Festival in Finland

 

September 13, 2024, 7:00 PM
September 14, 2024, 6:00 PM

 


Centre d’arts Diane Dufresne, Fous de Théâtre Festival

 

October 5, 2024, 4:30 PM

 


Tunbridge Wells Puppet Festival, UK

 

October 10, 2024, 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM

 


MEM – Montreal Memory Centre, CINARS Programming

 

November 16, 2024, 2:00 PM

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Description

Macbeth, a loyal soldier to his nation, encounters three witches on the battlefield who prophesy that he will become king. In the wake of this revelation, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth embark on a bloody path fueled by ambition, betrayal, and the pursuit of power.

Drawing inspiration from silent cinema and flirting with grand‐guignol melodrama, this wordless adaptation of Macbeth carries us on a darkly playful race toward the throne. In a frenzied, gore-soaked reimagining of the doomed couple’s downfall, Macbeth Muet deconstructs Shakespeare’s masterpiece through visceral theater. Bodies, props, and stage blood collide in an amoral universe where human lives are as disposable as discarded cups. Driven by an intense, immersive soundtrack, the actor-puppeteers unleash a dizzying choreography that transforms the play into a fully sensory experience.

Artistic team

Original Concept & Creation
Marie-Hélène Bélanger-Dumas & Jon Lachlan Stewart

Direction
Jon Lachlan Stewart

Set Design
Cédric Lord

Sound Design
Jon Lachlan Stewart

Performers (alternating)
Marie-Hélène Bélanger-Dumas or Clara Prévost,
Jérémie Francoeur or Simon-Pierre Lambert

Technical Director & Stage Manager
Lisandre Coulombe

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Liz Nicholls12thnight

“Imaginative, ingenious, startlingly powerful: that’s the high-impact 50minute version of Shakespeare’s Macbeth delivered to us by Montreal’s La Fille du Laitier.”

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Jo LedinghamTheatre reviews On the scene

“Now and again – and not very often – I just want to write, “See it!” and not a word more.”

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Laura Collins-HuguesThe New York Times

“…inventive and oxygenating (…) it may break your heart in a way you don’t see coming.”(…)What’s unexpected, and impressive, is the social and emotional acuity of this variation on Shakespeare’s play. (…) this production hasn’t forgotten the essential role of sex in marriage, including the Macbeths’”

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Joff SchmidtCBC News

“Frenetic and fun and ingenious, Macbeth Muet is killer theatre.”

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Christopher HoileNOW Magazine (Toronto)

“(...), the show is filled with laughter, not at any foolishness but because of the continually amazing inventiveness of the performers in creating powerful imagery from such ordinary objects as tablecloths, cups, plates, flashlights and, of course, eggs.”

Awards

Macbeth Muet has received numerous awards, recognizing its creative boldness and innovative approach to object theatre and puppetry.

International Puppet Theater Festival (Croatia)

Best Production + Best Direction
2022

Houston Theater Awards

Best Foreign Production + Best Sound Design
2019

Edmonton Fringe

Critics’ and Media Choice
2018

Toronto Now

Best Production + Best Performance
2017