Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company presents...

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Theatre Company presents...

MACBETT Written by Eugene Ionesco Directed by Chris Garner Cast by Danièle Sanderson

Thu 3 Dec 2020 Birmingham City University

About Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Formerly known as Birmingham School of Acting, we are now part of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. With roots as a drama school going back to 1936, we retain the professional outlook and commitment to contemporary training that has seen our acting courses consistently rated amongst the best in the UK. We also train the associated disciplines of Stage Management and Applied Performance, which

provides the perfect learning environment to launch your career as a performance industry professional.

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Director’s Note We are living in quite extraordinary times: absurd times that are challenging on many levels, and I can only applaud the cast, crew and staff at RBC for embracing the current situation and enabling this show to go on. Resilience and creativity are key and this lot have it in bucket loads. I thank everyone involved in the creation of this production and hope that you, the audience, enjoy the show in the comfort of

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your homes. What Ionesco would have made of it, I have no idea, but I am sure he would have been impressed and pleased to see a play of his brought to life in these very strange times. As he once said: “The world is farcical... The world is a joke that God has played on man. We enter His game, we join His game.”

Chris Garner

Glamiss/Second Servant/ First Townsman Ben Armitage

Duncan/Fourth Townsman Gregor Copeland

Macbett/Third Townsman Nathan Scott-Dunn

Third Soldier/Second Officer/Fourth Guest/Fifth Sick Person Blake Heaven

Bat Boy/First Sick Person/Macol Jack Hutchinson

Candor/First Servant/ Bishop Cole Luke

Lady Duncan/ Lady MacBett/First Witch Rea MacDuff

First Soldier/Wounded Soldier/First Guest/ Third Sick Person Rowan McIntosh

Chris Garner Chris is an actor and director. He has directed for: Salisbury Playhouse, New Vic Theatre, Stoke; Northern Broadsides; Everyman Theatre.

Cheltenham; Royal Exchange, Manchester; OTTC; Prime Theatre Company as well as many drama schools throughout the country.

For RBC Chris has directed: Punk Rock, He Ventures and She Wins, The Constant Wife, Hay Fever, Hedda Gabler, The Deep Blue Sea, Dracula, An Ideal Husband, After Mrs Rochester, The Grace of Mary Traverse and Antigone.

Maid/Second Witch/ Second Townswoman Áine O’Neill-Mason

First Officer/Second Sick Lemonade Man/Butterfly Person/Second Guest Catcher/Fourth Sick Emily Puttick Person/Rag and Bone Man/Serving Girl Eva Regan

Banco/Second Townsman Fred Wardale

Second Soldier/Monk/ Third Guest Gil Sidaway

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Production Department Production Manager

Jacqui Findlay

Scenic Designer Rob Dicks

Lighting Designer Simon Bond Sound Designer

Liz Purnell

Head of Wardrobe

Jacki Cottom

Head of Props

Production Technician

John Bailey Jonathan Pearce

Staff Stage Manager Louise Turner

Deputy Stage Manager Jaime Jowett***

ASM Camera Operators Erica Talbott-Morgan* ASM Camera Operators Megan Goodearl* Technical ASM Lighting Joshua Howes* Technical ASM Sound Isaac Hooper* Technical ASM AV Jazmyne Evans*

Production Assistant Claire D’Angelo

Technical Assistants Myra Bonnici** Emilia Benetatos** Jasper Mattel** Ryker Young** Vision Operator Emilia Benetatos** Props and Set Assistant Oliver Boot** Set and Wardrobe Assistant Amy Regan** Wardrobe and Props Assistant Georgia Thornton** Wardrobe and Props Assistant Alice Chapman**

Carpenters The Woodshop Joinery Ltd Voice Support Ellie Forrest

*1st Year Stage Management Students **2nd Year Stage Management Students ***3rd Year Stage Management Students