When designing a Shakespeare play involving magic and spirits, the design/directing team must come to terms with the supernatural world of the play. For example, in Macbeth who or what are the witches, spirits and ghosts? And do the characters have free will and self-determination or are their fates pre-ordained by supernatural forces? The answers to these questions effect staging and fight choreography and the set, lighting, sound, and costume design.

Designing this show was a case study in reduction. As the staging and fight choreography evolved so did the set design. Starting out as a large unit set with a stylized surround and a steeply raked deck, the surround was jettisoned and the raked deck leveled out a bit to better support the combat and hidden traps and effects for the supernatural effects and characters.