VERDI
macbeth
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES...
Kensington Town Hall
30-34 BELLAIR ST, KENSINGTON VIC
21 – 25 NOV 2025
CREATIVES
COMPOSER / GIUSEPPE VERDI
LIBRETTIST / FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE
DIRECTION / KATE MILLETT
CONDUCTOR / LEONARD WEISS
REPETITEUR / KONRAD OLSZEWSKI
SET DESIGN / MAX BOWYER
LIGHTING DESIGN / GABRIEL BETHUNE
COSTUME DESIGN / OLIVER HALL
CAST
MACBETH : HENRY SHAW
LADY MACBETH : LIVIA BRASH
MACDUFF : DANIEL SZESIONG TODD
BANQUO : NICK BEECHER
ENSEMBLE:
Christopher-Jack Andrews, Heulen Cynfal, Charlotte Goode, Alicia Groves, Douglas McQueen-Thomson, Phoebe Paine, Beth Paterson, Beth Potter, Archie Rumsam, Bradley Storer, Johanna Tan, Marli van der Bijl
Award-winning indie company BK Opera returns this November with a chilling, immersive take on Verdi’s Macbeth - a psychological horror experience that puts the audience within arm’s reach of ambition, madness, and murder. Staged inside the historic Kensington Town Hall, the production transforms the venue into a decomposing dinner party - decadent, deranged, and deeply unsettling.
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Director Kate Millett (OperaChaser Best Director 2024) leads a powerhouse creative team and cast, all of whom bring serious acclaim to the table. Millett’s vision for this Macbeth is intimate and unrelenting:
“This is opera that doesn’t just touch you - it consumes you.”
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CONTENT WARNING: This production contains scenes depicting nudity, violence and blood.
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Opera Up Close. Horror Up Closer.
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With audience members seated mere metres from the action, this Macbeth strips away the polish and grandeur of traditional opera, revealing raw ambition, psychological fracture, and moral rot.
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Whether you’re a seasoned opera-goer or a fan of live psychological thrillers, this production will leave its mark.
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