Shakespeare meets Indigenous cultures in Pawâkan Macbeth – St. Albert Gazette

Nov 22, 2017

Shakespeare’s plays are some of the most malleable on the planet, easily adapted to every era and culture. Written by the first Indigenous woman to direct at Stratford Festival, Pawâkan Macbeth features a cast of 11 Cree actors including Theron Auigbelle from Alexander Reserve.

Playwright Reneltta Arluk, artistic director of Akpik Theatre, in a co-production with Theatre Prospero, mounts the Edmonton premiere of this ground-breaking production at the ATB Financial Arts Barns for a short four-day run from Nov. 23 to 26.

Two years ago Arluk, an Inuvialuit, Cree and Dene playwright, was the artist-in-residence at Theatre Prospero, an Edmonton-based company that performs classical theatre. As part of the residency program Arluk was asked to go to Frog Lake and adapt The Tempest for audiences.

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