So are you a grizzled soldier, a wasteland-wanderer or a lyrical killer?
The one played by Doctor Who
Broadcast live from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 11 April
Former Who Christopher Eccleston sees Macbeth as a soldier, not a pampered prince, which explains his rage at seeing “a chinless blue-blood [Duncan] become king of Scotland”. There’s class politics in Eccleston’s portrayal, but when the plot turns murderous it becomes a look at toxic maleness. “He’s very insecure about his masculinity,” Eccleston says about Macbeth. With steely Niamh Cusack as Lady Macbeth, it’s no wonder this is all but sold out. See it with us and watch the sparks fly.
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Royal Shakespeare Company Live: Macbeth The one that sings
Broadcast live from the Royal Opera House, 4 April
Giuseppe Verdi knew how to find the romantic soul within a vicious killer. You have to, when they’ve got an aria to sing. This sumptuous production of his 1847 opera is notably sympathetic to Lady Macbeth: celebrity soprano Anna Netrebko plays her with a keening sadness, the idea being that a lack of children is what motivates the couple’s murderous deeds. With Serbian baritone ??eljko Lui as Macbeth and ROH musical director Antonio Pappano (the BBC’s brilliant explainer of opera) conducting in person, this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that needs to be seen up close and in world-filling HD.
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The Royal Opera: Macbeth The one they’re called “Mad Max-beth”
Broadcast live from the National Theatre, 10 May
Director Rufus Norris might have called Macbeth and Lady Macbeth “Shakespeare’s most happily married couple,” but nothing about his apocalyptic staging of the Scottish play says wedded bliss: the set is dark and polluted, Rory Kinnear’s Macbeth wears a dirty vest, Anne-Marie Duff has unwashed hair. There’s a magic between these two hugely experienced actors, but this is a Macbeth with scary contemporary overtones. Seen on the big screen, it will feel like Mad Max in a lunatic asylum.
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National Theatre Live: Macbeth 
