David Tennant's Macbeth cancelled for third night two hours before curtain call amid 'company illness'

David Tennant’s Macbeth faced its 3rd consecutive cancellation conscionable 2 hours earlier showtime owed to “company illness.”

The production, playing connected London’s West End, had to adjacent its doors erstwhile again, leaving summons holders disappointed.

On November 1, the Harold Pinter Theatre announced connected societal media that the evening performance, arsenic good arsenic the adjacent 3 days of shows, would beryllium cancelled.

The connection expressed apologies and reassured theatre-goers that they would perceive from summons providers astir refunds oregon rescheduling.

The station read: “Unfortunately owed to institution sickness the show of Macbeth contiguous has been cancelled.

“Your summons supplier volition beryllium successful interaction with you successful the adjacent fewer days regarding your tickets. We're precise atrocious and convey you for understanding.”

Many fans expressed vexation implicit the last-minute quality of the cancellations, particularly those who had traveled agelong distances.

While immoderate wished the formed a speedy recovery, they voiced concerns that earlier announcements would person saved them question and different expenses.

One penned connected X/Twitter: “Meanwhile, successful London, UK, the full institution (including David Tennant of Macbeth is sick & forced cancellation of 4 consecutive performances conscionable to hours anterior to their curtain call.”

“I'm truly disappointed by the mode this has been handled. My person and I had tickets for tonight. Because we knew erstwhile shows had been cancelled we'd been checking each greeting for announcement of cancellation,” different commented.

“Because determination was thing we near to question to London this afternoon. We've paid for bid tickets and had taten successful a repast adjacent the theatre. The cancellation was denote astatine 5.45pm. That is truthful late. Very disrespectful and inconsiderate to summons holders who person wasted clip and wealth travelling to London.

“A determination should person been made earlier successful the day. I americium not astatine each blaming the cast, unwellness cannot beryllium helped and I anticipation everyone recovers quickly. I americium nevertheless rather disgusted by the mode the theatre dealt with this stuation. It is disrespecful and rude.”

A spokesperson for the theatre said: “All patrons who were booked into cancelled performances received correspondence that they volition beryllium contacted by their constituent of merchantability with regards to the options for their booking. This process is already underway.”

Tennant, 53, known for Doctor Who and Broadchurch, reprised his relation arsenic the general-turned-murderous king successful the William Shakespeare tragedy astatine the Harold Pinter Theatre past month.

The announcement did not clarify who has go sick, oregon if it is aggregate people.

Also starring Stay Close histrion Cush Jumbo, the critically acclaimed accumulation is acceptable to instrumentality connected Saturday for 2 performances, starting astatine 2.30pm and 7.30pm.

The play, directed by Max Webster, was transferred from the Donmar Warehouse, wherever Tennant took connected the relation arsenic Lord Macbeth for the theatre’s 30th anniversary.

The archetypal tally saw Tennant nominated for a champion histrion Olivier Award and the play get a champion revival nod.

Tennant antecedently played the relation during a BBC Radio 4 broadcast successful April 2022, and has led Hamlet, Richard II and Romeo And Juliet Shakespeare productions.

Theatregoers attending the accumulation of Macbeth, which runs astatine the Harold Pinter Theatre until December 14, person been warned it “contains haze, fume and flashing lights”, and “explores psychosis and contains suggestions of post-combat and post-natal intelligence wellness concerns”.

The accumulation has been contacted for further comment.