Last night we attended Macbeth at the Globe theatre.

For this version of Macbeth, those closest to the stage had to stick their head through a tarp because of the blood that drips and other...unpleasant-ness. It was to protect our clothes...I think...however, I still got blood on my pants and coat! Which...I will explain how that happened shortly.

The play was bloody for sure. It was really, really gory. However, that is Macbeth for you. What I was not expecting were the random sexual things they would through in. Macbeth is typically the least sexual of Shakespeare's plays (which may be why I like it the most) but that did not stop the director from throwing completely unnecessary references and graphic displays in the most random parts. I was a bit miffed about that (more like completely ticked). If they had left those out, I would have completely loved this version, but that really did ruin it for me.

Stupid director. He/she probably thought the audience was too stupid to understand certain lines and so had to "show" us what it meant. I hate that. There is beauty in subtly that I wish more people would appreciate and leave alone.

Oh! So the blood on my clothes...the witches and many of the side-characters would roam under the tarp! I was standing right by the part of the stage where they would crawl out from under so I kept getting brushed by witches and soldiers covered in blood. I must say, it did add to the excitement of the production! It also made me extremely nervous and jumpy because you never knew when those characters would appear. I would be slightly at ease and suddenly I would feel a witch by my leg and here her cackle under the tarp...and I couldn't see a thing! Soooooo creepy.

So, it was fun. I enjoyed it but not my favorite...it was...interesting to say the least.

*Side note: We all agreed that Elliot Cowan (who played Macbeth) was very attractive. Just thought you might want to know that.