A female Macbeth and male witches appear in a fresh retelling of the Scottish play by The Dukes Young Actors this spring.
Ciara Adams will take on the lead role of Macbeth, having appeared in The Dukes Young Actors production of The Crucible last year.
A cast of teenagers will take to The Round stage again at the Lancaster theatre.
Drawing on James I’s obsession with witchcraft, the classic about a husband and wife who share a murderous ambition to obtain absolute power stoked a fire dramatically felt in Lancaster months after its first performance during the trial of the Pendle witches.
It is Lancaster’s connection with witchcraft which partly inspired director Liz Stevenson to choose Macbeth for the annual production.