Watch: Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma talk about Macbeth

A video has dropped of Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma talking about the new site-specific production Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which has started its run in Liverpool.

Directed by Simon Godwin, the huge new production is playing at The Depot in Liverpool, which is usually used as a film and TV studio.

In the video, the two actors talk about how the production is set within a wasteland of charred trees, blackened rubble and a burned-out car for this immersive new production that literally recreates a war zone.

Ralph Fiennes also told the BBC that hopefully the set gives the audience “a sense of the destruction of war – the devastation and the chaos and the mess and the horror”, and that the production will take people out of their comfort zone.

Tony and BAFTA Award-winning actor Ralph Fiennes stars as Macbeth, and Olivier Award-winner Indira Varma as Lady Macbeth.

The cast also includes Ben Allen as Ross, Ewan Black as Malcolm, Levi Brown as Angus, Jonathon Case as Seyton, Danielle Fiamanya as Second Witch, Keith Fleming as King Duncan/Siward, Michael Hodgson as Second Murderer, Lucy Mangan as First Witch, Jake Neads as First Murderer/Donalbain, Richard Pepper as Lennox, Steffan Rhodri as Banquo, Rose Riley as Menteith, Lola Shalam as Third Witch, Rebecca Scroggs as Lady Macduff/Doctor, Ethan Thomas as Fleance, and Ben Turner as Macduff.

Coming soon… Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma star in Macbeth, taking to the stage in Liverpool's very own film studio – The Depot. Tickets available here: https://t.co/1NG7JKEoI0 @FilmLiverpool pic.twitter.com/4jga4CV6Im
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Adapted by Emily Burns, the creative team of this new production also includes Set & Costume Design by Frankie Bradshaw, Lighting Design by Jai Morjaria and Sound Design by Christopher Shutt. The Composer is Asaf Zohar, with Sound System Design by Christopher Shutt & Sam Clarkson. The Movement Director is Lucy Cullingford, the Hair, Make Up and Prosthetics Designer is Susanna Peretz, the Fight Director is Kate Waters, the Casting Director is Amy Ball CDGand the Children’s Casting Director is Ellie Collyer-Bristow CDG. The Voice & Dialect Coach is Jeannette Nelson, the Associate Director is Alice Wordsworth, the Associate Set Designer is Ceci Calf, the Associate Costume Designer / Costume Supervisor is Olivia Ward, the Associate Lighting Designer is Tom Turner and the Casting Associate is Arthur Carrington.

Macbeth is running at The Depot in Liverpool until 20 December 2023, and then the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh from 12 to 27 January 2024.

In London, the production will play at event space Dock X in Canada Water from 10 February to 23 March 2024; and then run in Washington D.C. run as part of Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 2023/204 season from 2 to 28 April 2024.

More about tickets to Macbeth at Dock X in London