Why go and see a production of Macbeth in 2004? Is it to hold mirrors up to nature and show ourselves what we might possibly be? Our triumphs and disasters. Is it to set people wondering to cleanse the mind and soul? Is it to divert and thrill us with excitement or suspense, make us laugh; procure us with a vague sense of uplift or to change what we were taught to respect.
Is it to give us tears and indignation, to mingle humour and tragedy? Make us question, challenge ourselves? To induce a cathartic effect? Is this 'Katharsis' the function of the performance? Human nature in it's numerous guises. It's fragile charm and brilliant artificiality.
This is the reality of the live performance, the reality of the stage over study of theatre, over this play as literature. The performance, Mac-Beth 7 is I hope, in the spirit of MAN IS FREE; our uniqueness cannot be ironed out by psychology, philosophies, educationalists or politicians. People can influence or shape your life but not wholly.
What the audience feel can be dictated but not imposed. The reaction of the audience to the performance contributes to life. We present this piece of theatre as a factory of thought, AN ARMOURY AGAINST DESPAIR AND DULLNESS. A prompter of conscience. We feel most people think that the dramatic arts at the moment are creatively out of touch; we are hoping to reverse or at least influence that perception. At this point after Pan Pan's ten years in existence I believe there is a great source of accumulated knowledge which we are trying to bring to the attention of the audience for their stimulation. And we hope to invoke a sincerely individual response, which is very important for theatre. Art equips you to deal with life.

Mac-beth 7 opened in March 2004 in Project Arts Centre for a sell out run and to critical accalim.