William Shakespeare's

Macbeth

Shakespeare in Schools 2025

Writer
William Shakespeare

Director
Adam Karim

Location
The Sainsbury Theatre

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Dates
Thursday 16 October at 2:30pm
Friday 17 October at 6:45pm

About the show

Promised a golden future as ruler of Scotland by three sinister witches, Macbeth murders the king to ensure his ambitions are realised. But he soon learns the meaning of terror - killing once, he must kill again and again, and the dead return to haunt him. A story of war and witchcraft, Macbeth also explores the relationship between husband and wife, and the risks they are prepared to take to achieve their desires.

About Shakespeare in Schools

Macbeth is showing in LAMDA's Sainsbury Theatre as part of our 2025 Shakespeare in Schools tour, and is performed by our graduating MFA Professional Acting students.

Adam Karim is a freelance theatre director and facilitator. He was most recently Donmar Warehouse Resident Assistant Director 2023 (Clyde’s, When Winston Went To War With The Wireless, Trouble In Butetown). His other theatre credits as a director include Platform (East15); Pressure Drop (Immediate Theatre, The Yard, Schools tour) and Second Person Narrative (Omnibus Theatre). As an assistant director, his credits include The P-Word (Bush Theatre, Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre) and Sorry You’re Not A Winner (Paines Plough).

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Contains depictions of murder, war violence, blood imagery, child death, suicide, and supernatural themes.

Creative Team

* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist

Director
Adam Karim*

Assistant Director
Haonan Wang*

Producer
Rebecca Lyle*

Assistant Producer 
Bobby Harding*

Voice Director 
Alex Bingley*

Movement Director
Nicoletta Bonanni*

Intimacy Director 
Sam Goodchild*

Fight Director 
Joe Reed*

Musical Director
James Michalos*

Community Producer (AWP)
Laura Kwiatkowski*

Community Assistant Producer (AWP)
Eleanor Cross*

Composers
Greta Abbey
Emily Beck
Allie-Rae Fossum
William Walford

Cast

Captain / 2nd Murderer
Greta Abbey

Donalbain / 1st Murderer
Emily Beck

Banquo / Siward
Francesca Davidson

Macduff
Allie-Rae Fossum

Duncan / Lady Macduff / Young Siward
Yasmine Hamady

Witch 1 / Macbeth 3
Phoebe Alexandra Jones

Lady Macbeth 1
Maria Krotiris

Fleance / Lady Macbeth 3
Elsa Rae 

Macbeth 1
Yasaman Mohsani

Lady Macbeth 2
Princess Nwafor

Ross
JP O'Brien

Macbeth 2
Jibby Oladapo

Witch 2 / Doctor
Maia Prest

Lennox
Ryan Still

Witch 3 / Macduff's Daughter 
Annie Topham

Malcolm
William Walford

Seyton
Samson Zaoutis

Production Team

* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist

Production Manager
Emily Huxley*

Technical Stage Manager
Anya Williams*