Macbeth

Presented by HOTA, Home of the Arts and Sport for Jove

Fri 25 Jul 2025

Macbeth

“What's Done Cannot Be Undone”

Experience the premiere of a fresh, captivating production of Shakespeare’s classic, Macbeth. This dynamic new adaptation brings a fresh perspective to one of literature's greatest plays.

An unexpected prophecy at the close of a devastating war sends a national hero and his brilliant wife on a feverish and murderous quest for absolute power. With startlingly beautiful language, Shakespeare’s revered tragedy tears open the thin fabric between the temporal and magical worlds. This muscular, contemporary production looks at today’s world through Macbeth’s eyes – an epoch where double speak is rife, where violence is a modern ecstasy and true loyalty is our most valuable commodity.

Shakespeare combines Scottish and English history with Greek myth to one simple end – to capture what it is to be human. What happens to us when we sacrifice our humanity to get ahead? We live in such a time, an unprecedented era that idolises fame and celebrity above leadership and morality. In such a time and place, perhaps even nature begins to fight back. 

A boldly imaginative, fully contemporary and brand new production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth from Sport for Jove that is true to the text and full of engaging revelations, a wonderful experience for students and teachers.

Dates

Fri 25 Jul 2025

Where

Theatre 1

Ages

Recommended Ages 14+

Warnings

Performance contains theatrical haze, strobe lights, adult themes and violence.

Duration

2 hrs 30 mins (includes interval)

Tickets

A $4 transaction fee will apply for e ticket delivery purchases (excluding free events + donations).For Hold at Box Office ticket delivery purchases, a $6 fee will apply.Please view full Terms and Conditions prior to purchasing your tickets.Fri 25 Jul, 7pm is an Auslan performance. Use promo code 'auslan' to access.

Adult $65
Seniors/Pensioners $58.50
Students $35
HOTA Members $55.50
HOTA Artists $48.50
Student Group (6+) $31.50

Times

Fri 25 July - 10:30am & 7:00pm

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Drama

Year 10 ACARA 9.0 Descriptors and Elaborations:

Exploring and Responding

Students analyse performances to understand how symbols and movement create meaning. They investigate the collaborative creation and development of drama texts, focusing on how elements and conventions shape meaning and achieve intentions. They explore historical texts and styles from diverse cultural traditions, examining how contemporary performance conventions, such as non-realist or innovative forms, influence meaning. This exploration serves as a foundation for their own creative work.

Years 11 –12: General Senior Syllabus 2025 v1.1

Unit 4: Transform

In Unit 4, students explore inherited theatrical traditions, such as Greek Theatre, Elizabethan Theatre, and Neoclassicism, alongside emerging dramatic practices. They develop their artistic statements by adapting and transforming classic texts to reflect contemporary styles and address modern audiences. The unit focuses on reshaping dramatic languages and texts, integrating contemporary performance philosophies to challenge and redefine meaning in dramatic works.

English

Years 10 ACARA 9.0 Descriptors and Elaborations:

Examine Literature

Analyse how text structures, language features, literary devices, and visual elements, along with the context of their experience, influence audience response and shape interpretations. Compare and evaluate the use of "voice" across different forms to evoke emotional responses and aesthetic qualities.

Years 11 –12: General Senior Syllabus 2025 v1.1

Unit 4: Close Study of Literary Texts

Students explore the world and human experience by engaging with literary texts from diverse times and places. They explore how these texts build a shared understanding of the human experience and through this become significant to a culture. This unit includes the close study of literary texts to allow students to extend their experience of the world.

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