There is much to like and enjoy about this production of Macbeth, including inventive performances and strong ideas. However, Rufus Norris should probably play to his strengths as a director, which are many, and not feel he needs to transform into Nicholas Hytner as well.
‘Kinnear makes the classic soliloquies his own’: MACBETH – National Theatre ★★★
The politics may be clumsy but the acting is beautiful at the National Theatre. Make no mistake, Rory Kinnear is a magnificent Macbeth.