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Poster for Macbeth: A Tale Told by an Idiot, featuring a papier mâché skull with bulging eyes below the title - against a black background with purple splatters.
Poster for Macbeth: A Tale Told by an Idiot, featuring a papier mâché skull with bulging eyes below the title - against a black background with purple splatters.

Double, double, toil & trouble.

Be amazed, horrified & delighted at a tale of deadly ambition & dark magic!

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Macbeth: A Tale Told by an Idiot

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

Harken to the tale as Shakespeare’s blood-soaked king, weird witches, viscera-sopped murders, nightmares of madness, and terrifying occult prophecies crash head on with this ghoulishly giddy bag of timorous trickery!

Extended! Now running Thursday, February 8 to Saturday, February 24, 2024, Eldritch Theatre presents Macbeth: A Tale Told by an Idiot at Red Sandcastle Theatre. 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.

“Macbeth is a weird, and involuntary soothsayer. The Weird Sisters inevitably await him, knowing that he is, in part, their kin.”

– Harold Bloom

Performed by a solo actor using a diverse range of multi-sized puppets, masks and parlour magic, filtered through the cosmically horrific imagery of the Eldritch Theatre Tarot deck, this Mad Mackers is a production like no other! Coinciding with the 400th Anniversary of the play’s premiere, Eldritch Theatre’s Macbeth is bound to amaze, horrify and delight you.

Poster for Macbeth: A Tale Told by an Idiot, featuring a papier mâché skull with bulging eyes below the title - against a black background with purple splatters.

(Photo credits: Eldritch Theatre.)

 

Event details

Hosted by: Eldritch Theatre

Type of event: performance with magic & puppets

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

Director: Dylan Trowbridge

Dates: Thursday, February 8 – Saturday, February 24, 2024

Start times: Tuesday – Saturday nights at 7:30 PM ET (doors open at 7:00 PM); Sunday matinées at 3:30 PM ET (doors open at 3:00 PM); Daytime student matinées available, email adrianna@eldritchtheatre.ca for more details.

Duration: 90 minutes (no intermission)

Cost: C$25.00 Villainous Valentine’s Day special (Wednesday, February 14) / $30.00 advance / $40.00 at the door / Pay-What-You-Can Sundays / $25.00 for Eldritch Inner Sanctum Members (Not a member? Join them.)

Location: At the haunted Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen St. East, Toronto, ON, M4M 2J5. To get there by TTC, take the 504 Queen streetcar east and get off at at Queen St. E @ Logan Avenue (TTC stop ID 3059).

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

Booking link: Book your tickets here

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

 

Content warning: For audiences 14+. Strobe light effect and a fog machine. Death, dying, war, murder, puppet gore, dark magic.

Accessibility: The theatre’s Queen St. East entrance has a ramp and a non-automated door. Washrooms are located on the first floor.

COVID-19 policy: The theatre has a HEPA filter. Masks are mandatory in the theatre at all times; no food or drink is allowed inside at this time. Read more.

Refund policy: Tickets can be rescheduled within the date range of the show.