Co-directed by Lisa Fa’alafi and Artistic Director Courtney Stewart, with dramaturgy by former Artistic Director Sue Rider, this first work in La Boite’s centenary season is dramatic and visually striking.

Notably, it redistributes sections of dialogue from minor characters to the three Weird Sisters, whose prophecies catalyze Macbeth’s bloody rise and eventual demise. It also seeks to have the Weird Sisters “embody the forces of nature itself, their voices intertwined with the Earth’s cries for balance and a need for healing.”

There is also an abrupt new endpoint, shifting the play’s conclusion from the crowning of a rightful heir to the destruction of kings and the end of bloodshed in pursuit of a crown.

La Boite Theatre’s Macbeth. Photo © Farley Ward

Lisa Fa’alafi’s set design centers on a bubbling cauldron atop a circular podium. The scenery is dominated by textiles woven by Ranu James, Nata Richards, and Maryann Talia Pau, which hang from the ceiling and unspool from within the set as the play progresses – a standout element.

Frances Foo’s costume design is inspired by modern military attire, featuring stamped abbreviations...