Review - Macbeth by Chapito

This play was a brilliant example of physical comedy, creativity and simplicity in theatre. The characters were 3 men who would alternate between the characters, the text was entirely different, and very funny. The story was the same, but with humorous twists the dark mood you would expect from Macbeth was absent. The actors manipulated their own sound (they had a sound board on the stage) and effects (they would turn a smoke machine on and off). They had barely any props, but where very creative, using dinner knives to hit against the metal microphone stands, creating believable sounds of swords in battle. They would make the sound of wind themselves, and the energy they transmitted to the audience was constant and impressive. They were very fast, efficient and well timed. The sounds were very simple but very well done, and the companies take on the play was very effective and provided some comic relief to a dark and morbid story.
The physical comedy was very intelligent and quick, they made the audience laugh for the first 5 minutes without saying anything. The effects of physical comedy were wonderfully shown in the play, and supported my ideas that physicality is the most important aspect to consider when attempting comedy, along with reaction.