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Thorneloe's Macbeth dares to be sexy

BY JAMES KERSHAW Just as the title states, November's production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth by Thorneloe Theatre Arts will be unlike any other Macbeth.

BY JAMES KERSHAW

Just as the title states, November's production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth by Thorneloe Theatre Arts will be unlike any other Macbeth.


Director Valerie Senyk breaks the conventional interpretation, turning this well-known classic into a post-modern masterpiece. The audience will be in for a treat, for, along with the action on stage, there will be multimedia display screens at each side of the stage, thus adding that modern twist desired by Senyk. Most of the scenes will be set on stage while others will be interspersed on screen.


This particular production of the Scottish play is, in some ways, geared toward people who do not usually visit the theatre on a regular basis.


University and college students, for example, will give a thumbs up to the daring sexuality in Senyk's interpretation.

Throughout the production, the audience will witness a sexually obsessed Macbeth, who cannot resist a woman's advances and who lusts for ultimate power - to become king of Scotland.


Do not expect his wife, Lady Macbeth, to be the voice of reason. She too cannot refuse the offering of sexual activity nor the idea of being royalty in Scotland. Both are persuaded by the highly sensual three witches and their tempting prophecies.


"It's a very hot production", says director Senyk.

The cast is headlined by Luke Norton, who is no stranger to Shakespeare. He played Horatio in Thorneloe's production of Hamlet last fall.


"It has been hard to find the ways to connect the character to myself and to my own emotions. Fortunately, it is also an incredible amount of fun to play him, which may say something odd about me," he said.


Norton added that he believes the modernization of this classic will have the audience captivated.


"We don't just say lines in this play; we get emotional and convey the words with action."


Tickets are $10 for adults, and $6 for students and seniors and are available at following locations: Jett Landry Music, Black Cat Too, Laurentian University Bookstore and the Thorneloe office. The play runs from Nov. 17 until Nov. 25, Wednesday through Saturday nights at 8 pm and Sunday afternoon, Nov. 19 at 2 pm.

James Kershaw is a first year theatre student at Thorneloe University.


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