A Midsummer Night's Dream

Synopsis

On a midsummer's night Hermia and her lover Lysander flee from Athens and Demetrius - the man Hermia's father favours as a son-in-law. Demetrius follows, pursued by Helena who loves him in spite of being spurned in favour of Hermia. On the same night Bottom and his friends leave Athens to find somewhere quiet to rehearse their play which is to be performed at the wedding feast of Duke Theseus. Drawn into the woods they enter a world of magic, mystery and wonder.

Our Review:

10 June 2009

An all-white set and actors in white tops, long-johns and girdles tells you this is not going to be the standard, arboreal vision of Shakespeare's comedy. And nothing is standard about this production. The all-male cast not only act all the various parts, including the cohort of fairies, but also provide the music and incidental percussion which punctuates the performance, and also act as scene-shifters and, at times, as the scenery itself. The result is an entrancing interpretation of this well-known play.

A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. The main storyline concerns young Athenian lovers Hermia and Lysander, a suitor for Hermia's hand, Demetrius, and his admirer, Helena. They find themselves in the forest on midsummer night where the antics of the fairies lead them through disarray to a paring off, an...

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