If you’re still searching for some last-minute Halloween make-up inspiration, our friends at Welsh National Opera may just have the answer…

In Welsh National Opera’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth that visits Birmingham Hippodrome on Wednesday 9 November, the infamous witches take on an entirely new guise, one that has never been explored before – that of normal women who are victimized by war and have become abnormal as a result.

In this fascinating behind-the-scenes video, we follow Macbeth company members Sian Meinir, Polly Greenwood and Jess Handley through their terrifying transformation from humble chorus girls to the ‘black and midnight hags’ of Shakespeare’s most bloodthirstiest and brooding of tragedies….

Welsh National Opera bring their new production of Verdi’s Macbeth to Birmingham Hippodrome on Wed 9 Nov. For tickets, call 0844 338 5000 or visit birminghamhippodrome.com for details.