SHAKESPEARE'S thriller, Macbeth will be reimagined this Autumn and performed by a female lead.

The production will be created by the multi-award winning theatre company Reading Between the Lines (RBL) and will run from October 24 until November 9 at Reading Minster.

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RBL's productions have been attracting audiences to Reading in their thousands since 2012 and return to breathe new life into Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

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Staged in the round, RBL will create an immersive, visually arresting design from Emily Leonard.

Director, Hal Chambers, said: "This will be the Bard’s classical masterpiece in a whole new light.

"Women come to the fore in this new production, reclaiming the typically male-led play for themselves.”

Mr Chambers directed the company’s 6 x award winning Conquerors trilogy and his recent production of Henry V at The Barn Theatre, Cirencester, received high praise.

In their Killing Eve inspired Macbeth, the lead character is thrust into a high-stakes underworld of politics and betrayal in which her and her husband carry their recent grief of a lost child and remodel it into dangerous ambition.

Co-Artistic Director, Dani Davies explained: "Expect haunting imagery, thrilling fight sequences and chilling original music.

“Possessed by the tone of many a modern horror movie, this Macbeth will be one you won’t want to miss.”