Martin JagoAnimatronics · Puppets · SFX

Macbeth

Manchester International Festival
June - July 2013

With illusionist Paul Kieve, Martin built the magic effects for the dagger speech in Macbeth at the 2013 Manchester International Festival.

Illusion Supervisor - Paul Kieve

Illusion Effects

Illusioneer for the floating dagger sequences in Kenneth Branagh's Manchester Festival production for Paul Kieve. Subsequently seen in New York at The Armoury.

Macbeth poster

Behind the scenes

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  • A man laughs and gestures towards a gold hilted dagger held at an angle among black road cases backstage at the festival

    Testing the Illusion

  • Gold hilted prop dagger with a worn silver blade lying on an MDF shelf beside a dark wooden block and strips of tape

    Unaged Dagger Prop

  • Publicity photograph of a bearded warrior in tartan and leather raising a broadsword above a battered round shield, with a shaft of white light behind

    Kenneth Branagh Macbeth

  • Production photograph of a figure in a kilt bent double in churned mud as a glowing orange dagger hangs in the haze above

    Is This A Dagger I See

  • Production photograph of a battle in rain on a muddy walled stage, a kilted fighter raising a sword while other warriors close in

    The Battle

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