Okavango Macbeth – Shakespeare with a twist

Tonight, Okavango Macbeth is being performed by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, at The Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh.

It is the classic tale of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, told in a not-so-classic way through baboons in Botswana.

The opera was written and composed by Alexander McCall Smith and Tom Cunningham, and deals with the efforts of an ambitious female baboon – Lady Macbeth – to encourage her husband – Macbeth – to kill the dominant baboon – Duncan.

Doors open at 7.30pm and tickets cost £16 – contact  0131 668 2019 for more details.