Macbeth in Rhythm is an ensemble performance that embraces the unyielding momentum of Shakespeare’s play, incorporating live rhythms, polyphonic singing, and heightened physical poetry.   Six performers play 15 characters.  We explore themes of tyranny, violence, treason, leadership, free will, and the pursuit and maintenance of power.  Our research has been to approach the text first as a piece of music, whose meanings emerge not only through narrative, but through the sounds (and silences) of the language.  Our performance material is developed in an ongoing workshop process through which we create a shared vocabulary of song and movement, and find new ways of speaking and embodying text.  All of our work is premised on the strength and sensitivity of our ensemble, and by our commitment to this way of working, we hope to bring each other and our audiences into greater awareness and more attuned listening.