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Image featuring a photograph, with overlapping text. Close-up black & white photo of a bald man with makeup blood running down his forehead, a three-eyed puppet creature peering over his left shoulder. To the left: MACBETH A Tale Told By An Idiot! To the right: The Smash Hit RETURNS (inside a blast bubble). by Weird William Shakespeare. A mesmerizing Macbeth. Five Stars. - Glenn Sumi. A cartoonish Grand Guignal spectacle! - Istvan Reviews
Image featuring a photograph, with overlapping text. Close-up black & white photo of a bald man with makeup blood running down his forehead, a three-eyed puppet creature peering over his left shoulder. To the left: MACBETH A Tale Told By An Idiot! To the right: The Smash Hit RETURNS (inside a blast bubble). by Weird William Shakespeare. A mesmerizing Macbeth. Five Stars. - Glenn Sumi. A cartoonish Grand Guignal spectacle! - Istvan Reviews
Photo: Eric Woolfe. Photo by Adrianna Prosser. Poster design by Michael Ripley.

Double, double, toil & trouble. Double, double, toil & trouble.

Eldritch Theatre’s smash hit version of the classic tale of deadly ambition & dark magic returns!

Photo: Eric Woolfe. Photo by Adrianna Prosser. Poster design by Michael Ripley.

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Macbeth: A Tale Told by an Idiot!

From Wednesday, May 7 to Sunday, May 18, 2025: The return of Eldritch Theatre’s acclaimed Macbeth: A Tale Told by an Idiot!, a hysterically inspired one-man Macbeth at Red Sandcastle Theatre!

Step into the darkness – and be amazed, horrified and delighted!

Shakespeare’s blood-soaked king, with weird witches, viscera-sopped murders, nightmares of madness and terrifying occult prophecies crash head on with a ghoulishly giddy bag of timorous trickery! Performed by a solo actor using a diverse range of multi-sized puppets, masks and parlour magic, cosmic horror and lowbrow pop, this Mad Mackers is equal parts high tragedy and cartoonish lunacy.

Based on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, this terrifying tale of deadly ambition and dark magic was conceived by Eric Woolfe, and will be performed by Woolfe, directed by Dylan Trowbridge. Eldritch Theatre’s 2024 production received Dora Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Individual, Outstanding Set Design and Outstanding Costume Design.

If you missed it last time, now is your chance to redeem yourself… If you experienced its terrifying regicidal lunacy before, now is your chance to bring a friend…

“Anyone lucky enough to see this Macbeth will never forget it… an artist at the peak of his bizarre and bonkers powers.”

– Drew Rowsome

Poster image featuring a photograph, with overlapping text. Medium close-up black & white photo of a bald man with makeup blood running down his forehead, a three-eyed puppet creature peering over his left shoulder. Top: MACBETH The Smash Hit RETURNS (inside a blast bubble). Bottom: A Tale Told By An Idiot! with dates & location Eldritch Theatre presents. Left margin: A Be Kind Rewind happy face sticker with black font inside a yellow circle. Right margin: A cartoonish Grand Guignal spectacle! - Istvan Reviews. A mesmerizing Macbeth. Five Stars. - Glenn Sumi. by Weird William Shakespeare. Cast, designer & crew credits.

(Photo credits: Eric Woolfe. Photo by Adrianna Prosser. Poster design by Michael Ripley.)

 

Event details

Hosted by: Eldritch Theatre

Type of event: solo performance with magic & puppets

Conceived & performed by: Eric Woolfe, based on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

Director: Dylan Trowbridge

Dates: Wednesday, May 7 – Sunday, May 18, 2025. Masks are required for Wednesday performances.

Start times:

  • Wednesday – Saturday nights @ 7:30 PM ET (doors open at 7:00 PM)
  • Sunday matinées @ 3:30 PM ET (doors open at 3:00 PM)
  • Daytime student matinées available: Email emma@eldritchtheatre.ca for more details.

Duration: 90 minutes (no intermission)

Cost:

  • General admission: C$35.00
  • Masquerade Wednesdays C$25.00 (COVID masks required)
  • At the door: C$40.00
  • Sundays: Pay What Pleases You
  • Eldritch Inner Sanctum Members: C$20.00 (Not a member? Join them.)

Location: The haunted Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen St. East, Toronto, ON, M4M 2J5.

Parking: There is Green P parking on Queen Street East.

Trailer: Scroll down to watch the trailers & check out production photos here.

Booking link: Book your tickets here.

Contact details: Eldritch Theatre/Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen St. East, Toronto, ON, M4M 2J5, Canada; emma@eldritchtheatre.ca, eldritchtheatre.ca

 

Content warning: For audiences 13+. Fog machine, blank verse, witchery, bloodshed and murther (aka murder).

Accessibility: The Red Sandcastle Theatre is accessible to people with mobility disabilities. There is a ramp at the front door and the bathroom is on the main floor.

COVID-19 policy: The theatre has a HEPA filter. Masquerade Wednesdays: performances for the immuno-compromised who prefer or need to be in spaces where people are masked. For all other performances, masks are encouraged but not required.

Refund policy: Please contact the organizer.