“Growing up, I only recall learning a few words here and there,” she says. “My parents didn’t speak the language in our household fluently. Words like balai and aliwah — ‘pay attention!’ or ‘watch out ...
takes have come to feel more rare than “creative” ones. Voodoo Macbeth’s most significant shift (Welles’s all-black cast has been nixed) is the beefing up of the role of Hecate (William Hayes) into ...
Arlington — William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” considered by many to be one of his darkest tragedies, tells the story of a Scottish general named Macbeth who commits murder to become king and fulfill ...
The strongest things in the Shadow Theatre Company’s ambitious production of Macbeth are Jeffrey Nickelson’s performance in the title role and the way director Buddy Butler deals with the supernatural ...
Australia’s first major Shakespearean production in Noongar language will retell ‘Macbeth’ at Perth Festival The Noongar language of Western Australia is endangered; few can speak it fluently.
It lies in the incredible ambition — so big it raises anxiety in even the most supportive viewer — to return an indigenous nation’s language to centre stage in the cultural life of a state. To perform ...