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theatre · Tuesday 8 September 2026 · 10:00am 
The Macbeth Project
At Ardhowen Theatre · Dublin Road, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh
At Ardhowen Theatre · Dublin Road, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh
Bright Umbrella Theatre Company brings their acclaimed educational production to Ardhowen Theatre this September, and it is a morning well spent for anyone with a secondary school student in tow - or for anyone who has ever found Shakespeare easier to admire than to follow. The Macbeth Project is not a school assembly substitute; it is a tightly made, professionally acted version of the play that has drawn genuinely impressed responses from students and teachers alike. One teacher from Ashfield Girls’ School remarked that the cast “brought the text to life which isn’t always possible in a classroom.” If Macbeth is on the curriculum, this is the shortcut worth taking.
The morning runs to roughly two hours in total. At its centre is a 70-minute performance of Macbeth delivered by five professional actors - the ambition, the prophecy, the guilt, and the bloodshed all present and correct. What sets The Macbeth Project apart is what happens around the performance. Director Trevor Gill, who has worked with the RSC and BBC, takes the stage to talk through the key themes, the language, and what examiners are actually looking for. Students then get a live Q&A with the cast, which in practice means they can ask the actor who just played Macbeth how he approached the role. Bright Umbrella, a Belfast-based company founded in 2017, has been touring this production for several years and it shows in how smoothly the whole thing runs. Tickets are £10 per person. Schools booking for groups can ring 028 6632 5440 to enquire about complimentary teacher places.
Ardhowen Theatre sits on the Dublin Road on the edge of Enniskillen town, right beside Lough Erne - there is parking on site, so driving is straightforward. From Belfast, it is roughly 90 minutes on the A4 via Dungannon. From Dublin, the N3 through Cavan and Belturbet brings you to Enniskillen in under two hours. Bus Éireann and Translink both serve Enniskillen, with stops close to the town centre and a short walk or taxi from there to the theatre. If you are travelling with a school group from across the border, coaches drop off conveniently on Dublin Road itself.
Enniskillen is the kind of town that holds you longer than you planned - Enniskillen Castle sits at the water’s edge, the covered Buttermarket is good for a quick browse, and the town is the natural base for the lakelands around it. There is more to see in Enniskillen and across Co. Fermanagh.
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