Performer Name: The Mavron Quartet

Show Name: Dame Heccatty Weirdsister Does Macbeth.

Show Description

What happens when you take an hour long string quartet chamber concert and cross it with a production of Shakespeare's Macbeth? Cosmic Music, Arts Active and Arts Organise in association with Barry Memo Arts Centre are proud to present Dame Heccatty Weirdsister Does Macbeth - a young person's guide to Shakespeare and the string quartet. Told from the perspective of Heccatty the Witch, the show uses music composed by Helen Woods and a script written by Martin Riley to reimagine the story of Macbeth and enlists the help of audience members to make up the rest of the cast making each performance different and engaging, shining a new light on the study of Shakespeare for those in education, and exciting those who's perception had been that it was boring. Dame Heccatty Weirdsister Does Macbeth works in a variety of settings, venues, festivals, literary and music events and is perfect for engaging with audiences who are not used to live performance or chamber music Suitable for people 14+ years.

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Lighting can be provided if there is none available at the venue.
No PA needed. Performance area: tbc. Get in/get out time: 3 hours. The show uses audience participation so audience members will need safe and easy access to the performance area.
All promotional materials will be provided.
The Mavron Quartet was formed in September 2002 and is the first Ensemble in Residence at the National Concert Hall of Wales, St David’s Hall, Cardiff, having been appointed in 2010. In 2004 the Quartet members were appointed Junior Fellows in Chamber Music at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and since 2003, worked for the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust. The Quartet is also an alumni of Live Music Now. In 2012, the Quartet was Young Artists in Residence at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival. This included performances of Glass String Quartets and a newly commissioned work by Tom Green. Also in 2012, the Mavrons performed at the Monmouth Festival, which involved premiering ‘footsteps in the shadow’ by Peter Reynolds. As well as its public performances, the Quartet has appeared at the Senedd, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the private London residence of the American Ambassador to the UK, Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. Guests at these performances have included HM The Queen, HRH The Prince of Wales, current and former Prime Ministers, and Welsh Ministers. With funding support from various organisations, the Mavron Quartet has commissioned and performed a number of collaborative pieces - collaboration being a strong ethos of the Quartet. In 2014 the Mavrons will collaborate with composer Tom Green and soprano Juliet Fraser to produce a new work based on the text from Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s The World’s Wife. Other collaborations in 2014 included performances of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet with Michael Collins for the Lower Machen Festival, Brahm’s Piano Quintet with Roger Owen and a composition workshop series with composer Peter Reynolds and St David’s Hall.