Shakespeare / Streetspeare

“Macbeth was once good and honourable, but is soon influenced by the prophecy of three witches and the ambitions of his wife. Driven by his destiny, He kills the king in order to claim the throne of Scotland. But committing one murder means he must kill again...” In the back-stage world of theatre, the 400 year old curse on Wllliam Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth is still alive and kicking, and be it on their own head if an actor dares utter the name outside of the written lines of the play. HNC Acting and Performance students from Carnegie College, presenting their own contemporary version of Macbeth, will be taking no chances of anything disrupting their production. They have been rehearsing for several months now and now it’s time to perform their adaptation on the stages of two Fife theatres, the Carnegie Hall and Rothes Halls. The play, which the students will also be taking to the Edinburgh Fringe in August, began its run in Dunfermline on Tuesday 26 May for 2 days, playing to audiences of school pupils, before moving on to Glenrothes. A bebo site www.bebo.com/tictac2009 has been set up to provide an interactive resource to demonstrate the actors’ progression through Shakespearian text and allows audience members to provide feedback on the production and to investigate some of the theatrical techniques and language used. An Avatar Mosaic is used which connects users to the website through their mobile phone. This site can be used for educational purposes before and after the performance.