SLEEPWALK
The Dream of Lady Macbeth
Afrit Nebula presents a performance featuring dance artist Yanaëlle Ritter as Lady Macbeth, with live music from the band and lighting/moving images by film-maker Mark French.
Based on an original concept and musical composition by Elaine Edwards, the piece re-imagines the Lady Macbeth sleepwalk scene in Shakespeare’s Macbeth in the context of the horrors of the present day: wars, famine, climate emergency. It references and evokes many other aspects of Shakespeare’s tragedy, not least the return of Birnam Wood at the end – in this case Nature’s response to humanity’s ravages.
Watch the YouTube video of the whole of the premiere performance here.
SLEEPWALK received its first performance at KINO-TEATR, St Leonards on 3 October 2025
