Cast and Creatives Macbeth Close Macbeth Sam Heughan This is Sam’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Outlaying Islands (Royal Court and Traverse Theatre), Batman Live (Touring), King John (Oran Mor), Romeo and Juliet (Dundee Rep), The Vortex (Manchester Royal Exchange), Hamlet (Citizens Theatre), Macbeth (Royal Lyceum), The Talented Mr Ripley (Royal & Derngate), Plague Over England (Duchess Theatre), Knives in Hens (TAG Theatre), The Twits (Citizens Theatre), Amphibians (Bridewell Theatre) Film includes: Love Again, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Bloodshot, SAS: Red Notice, To Olivia, When the Starlight Ends, Emulsion, A Princess for Christmas Television includes: Outlander, The Couple Next Door, Suspect, Doctors, Breaking The Mould, Any Human Heart, First Light, Rebus, A Very British Sex Scandal, Party Animals, Midsomer Murders, The Wild West, River City, Island at War Trained at: Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Lady Macbeth Lia Williams Previous RSC includes: Postcards from America; As You Like It Theatre includes: The Vortex (Chichester Festival Theatre), John Gabriel Borkman (Bridge Theatre), Mary Stuart (West End), Oresteia (West End), Celebration/The Room (Lincoln Center, New York and Almeida), The Night of the Iguana, Old Times, The Revengers’ Comedies (Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Newcomer / Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance), Absurd Person Singular (West End), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Lover/The Collection (Donmar Warehouse), Arcadia (Broadway), Skylight (National Theatre/Broadway), Earthquakes in London, Hot House, Mappa Mundi (National Theatre), The Father (Theatre Royal, Bath), Oleanna (Royal Court / West End), My Child, King Lear (Royal Court), A Streetcar Named Desire, Eccentricities of a Nightingale (Best Actress Irish Times Awards for both), The Homecoming (Gate Theatre, Dublin / Lincoln Center, New York) Film includes: Scoop, Living; Benediction, The Foreigner; Jonathan Toomey, Girl from Rio, The King is Alive, Different for Girls, The Fifth Province, Firelight, Dirty Weekend Television includes: Day of the Jackal, Mobland, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, The Capture; His Dark Materials, The Crown, Kiri, The Silkworm, The Missing, Secret State, Doc Martin, May 33rd, The Russian Bride (FIPA Award for Best Actress), Imogen’s Face, Shot Through the Heart, Flowers of the Forest, Seaforth, Mr. Wroe’s Virgins Theatre (as Director) includes: Doubt (Chichester Festival Theatre), Ashes to Ashes (West End), The Match Box (Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse / Kiln Theatre) Previous Next Cast Macbeth Sam Heughan Lady Macbeth Lia Williams Creatives Director Daniel Raggett Set & Costume Designer Anna Reid Lighting Designer Ryan Day Sound Designer Tingying Dong Dramaturg Rebecca Latham Casting Director Charlotte Sutton CDG The Other Place Stratford-upon-Avon 9 Oct - 6 Dec 2025 Running time: To be confirmed About the Play Cast and Creatives The Plot Assisted Performances Related events More Less About the Play Cast and Creatives The Plot Assisted Performances Related events The RSC Acting Companies are generously supported by The Gatsby Charitable Foundation In This Section About the Play Daniel Raggett returns to direct Shakespeare’s story power and ambition in the intimate setting of The Other Place, with Sam Heughan and Lia Williams. Find out more The Plot Read the story of Shakespeare's psychological thriller, Macbeth, also known as 'The Scottish Play' Find out more Assisted Performances Find out about our assisted performances of Macbeth. Find out more Related events Find out more about our production of Macbeth and how it was created, with our series of events. Find out more Learning Explore information and resources for teachers and learners on Macbeth. Find out more Past productions Including detailed information on the 1976, 1999, 2004 and 2011 productions Read More Merchandise Buy now Macbeth on the Shakespeare Learning Zone Studying Macbeth? Visit the SHAKESPEARE LEARNING ZONE to discover loads of facts, videos and info about the play Find out more You may also like