Reviews

John Phillpott:
'Melting Pot Theatre Company handles Shakespeare with a style that is as razor-sharp as the daggers that flash around the Arts Workshop during this action-packed production'

Lauren Rogers, Worcester Evening News:

'Melting Pot succeeded in creating an oppressive and intense atmosphere from the start, with unsettling birdsong and thunder, blood red lighting, booming voices from offstage...

Philip Ward is outstanding as Macbeth - at times wonderfully calm, then wild and unpredictable. The scenes between him and Lady Macbeth, played well by Amanda Bonnick, are engaging and sexually charged.

Amanda Bonnick handled Lady Macbeth's moods very well.. she slips effortlessly from enjoying complete control over her husband to being frustrated, furious and then afraid of what she had unleashed in him.

The famous 'out damned spot' scene did not disappoint... Nick Baldock played a Macduff overflowing with emotion, David Rex was a commanding Duncan and Philip Leach's Banquo was very likeable'

Cast and crew
the three strangers
- Sarah Gordon
- Avril Irish
- Janet Bright
Duncan - David Rex
Malcolm - Philip Milne
Donalbain - Rachel le Sauvage
Ross - Duncan Barrell
Macbeth - Philip Ward
Banquo - Philip Leach
Fleance - Avril Irish
Lady Macbeth - Amanda Bonnick
The Porter - Sarah Gordon
Macduff - Nick Baldock
Lennox - Janet Bright
Caithness - Robin Bailey
Lady Macduff - Janet Bright
Young Macduff - Rachel le Sauvage
Gentlewoman - Janet Bright
Doctor - Robin Bailey
Seyton - Sarah Gordon
Seyward - David Rex
Young Seyward - Rachel le Sauvage

Soldiers, murderers,
messengers, servants - played by members of the company

Fight director - Raph Aldis
Lighting designer - Tim Brockington
Wardrobe and costume - Marilyn Middleton Mellor
Hair stylist - Rachel le Sauvage

Lady Macbeth’s dresses by - Chaya Campbell

Lighting and sound - Nick Marston
Assistant stage manager - Lara Hayes
Assistant Director - Elodie Bonnick

Produced by Amanda Bonnick

Designed and directed by Matthew Brockington