Characters in Macbeth

First scene: Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni, wearing black sunglasses, arrives in front of the Evelpidon courthouse. "I ask you to respect my privacy. I have two 3-year-old children, I am only here to shake their hands," she says. Her voice cracks. A few days earlier, she had issued a statement about a crisis in her marriage. She asked for "respect for her privacy."

The Athens Concert Hall will be screening a pre-recorded broadcast of "Macbeth" from the Olivier Theatre in London on Thursday, May 17. The National Theatre production of Shakespeare's darkest play is directed by Rufus Norris, with Rory Kinnear as Macbeth, and Anne-Marie Duff as Lady Macbeth. The screening in the Alexandra Trianti Hall starts at 9 p.m.

The Istanbul City Theaters staged a premiere of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" on March 8 with an added twist: puppets. 

The play will be on stage at the Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage on March 11, 15, 16, 17 and 18 before moving to the Ümraniye Stage on March 30 and April 1.