A Macbeth Song

Three witches sing to Macbeth, a power too great for a human. The Tiger Lillies and La Perla 29 take us to the heart of this story in a show-concert that blends the live music of the London trio with the aesthetics of the Catalan company. Guided by accordions, ukuleles, brand-new songs, emotional ballads, and three great actors, this special company creates a new way to tell this impactful story that speaks of power and war, guilt, blood-stained hands, death, spells, dark nights, fog, and the indelible memory of crimes committed by excessive ambition.

Poor Macbeth, deluded, who killed the king to place the crown on his head. Three witches promise him power, and he enters the fatal labyrinth of ambition. The serpentine tongue of Lady Macbeth and the paranoia of the throne drive him to commit the most despicable crimes, and the gears of war and fear turn without anyone being able to stop them. Ah, poor tyrant, when he faces his guilty conscience every evening of the longest and darkest night. What a childish man, the despot, who kills and kills without knowing how to love. What ray of dawn can pierce these blood-soaked clouds? Where has freedom gone? The three Tiger Lillies sing to Macbeth, a power too great for a human soul.

The press says...

The hardest feat of all! The impossible, made real! A theatrical triumph! La Perla 29 has done it: they've made us walk out of a Macbeth happy as clams. Yes, from bloody Macbeth, king of all horrors, and we come out in high spirits—and it’s all thanks to The Tiger Lillies. The London trio, with their brazen irony, break the rhythm of grand tragedy; the piercing words are interrupted, dimmed, dissolved into the tempo of a cabaret. Yes, the text is there, and it’s terrible. Shakespeare’s intent hasn’t vanished. On the contrary: the contrast sharpens his message. The caricature softens the blow, makes it less uncomfortable, and yet still leaves us shaken—but not shattered. We have to react. Be awake.

- Ada Castells, Catorze

A production by La Perla 29