Macbeth - A Comedy

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Company: Parkview Productions

Genre: Play - Comedy

Venue: 12 - Asper Centre for Theatre & Film

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This production re-imagines Macbeth as a comedy with dance numbers andpop songs from the '90son up. New adaptations or re-imaginings can be exciting and bring something new to existing work. This one doesn't.

• Winnipeg Fringe 2017: read our reviews

I never imagined that Macbeth could be, or should be, a one-note comedy. More than a few of the pop song interludes are longer than the scenesthey buffer. The best laughs of the show were for the slapstick humour and the laughter was loudest from the handful of children in the house.

The best laughs of the show were for the slapstick humour and the laughter was loudest from the handful of children in the house.- Bradley Sawatzky

There are some wonderful displays of physical humour, and it's clear that the performers are having a blast. Perhaps if the energies were re-directed towards a piece to showcase thator the KidsFringe, as they absolutely connected with the youthful energy in the house.