“The true star here is the stunning visual design by Creative Director Steve Blanchet and Set/Props Designer Ariane Sauvé…
However, the spectacular staging and visual innovation overshadow the human drama at the play’s core. Unlike a film or tv show, where the director can guide audience focus through close-ups and careful framing, this production’s massive scale and split-screen effects sometimes leave viewers struggling to connect with the performers’ emotional journeys. It feels at times like the actors are competing with the massive set’s constant motion and the production’s cinematic flourishes — which makes it challenging to fully engage with the play’s central question: whether Macbeth’s bloody acts are crimes of opportunity, prompted by supernatural manipulation, or inevitabilities that follow directly from the hubris and rot at the core of his character.”
