Reader Reviews
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, Outer London)
Back to Show Details| Score | Comment | Date |
 | I am led to believe that the original Shakespeare performances involved the audience and were consantly changing depending on the venue. Well I believe this performance did the same and I found it to be very original and entertaining, please ignore the bias review from Mr Cooter, I would recommend he pays heed to the fate of Phil Daoust :) - Brent | 12 Mar 12 |
| A riot from start to finish. Mashes up every part of the context we have come to expect but yet, remains a Shakespeare play all the way through. Very funny, hugely engaging. Naughty, bold, irreverent and modern. Helena especially gives a knockout performance. - irene | 12 Mar 12 |
| This review does not do any justice to what I have just seen. The play itself does not suffer one jot. Beyond brilliant. - Richard | 08 Mar 12 |
| Saw this tonight - absolutely loved it. Can't agree with this review. So different, so funny. Great entertainment & would highly recommend it. - Heather | 07 Mar 12 |
| Ignore the review, just ignore it, a minority view given undue prominence. - Paul | 03 Mar 12 |
| - | done little to enhance the play?? ugh... I don't think anyone could enhance Shakespeare. That's hardly the point. When I saw it this weekend, there were scores of teenagers absolutely rapt who wouldn't usually endure Shakespeare, even the Dream done conventionally. Filter lower a drawbridge to the Bard. They should be celebrated. - Jimbo | 28 Feb 12 |
| Holmes has done for MND what BMW did for the mini! He has taken a timeless classic and made it funky and modern and appealing to the masses! It was innovative refreshing and kept the absurdity that the bard himself would have been amused by! - Clare Dennis | 21 Feb 12 |
| One of the best Shakespeare adaptations ive seen in a long while. TRANSFER! - Paris | 20 Feb 12 |
| This production doesn't trust the text, substituting relentless pantomime and sight gags. Tiresome. But music/effects not too bad; would go to see Benton's Bottom, hoho ,in a proper production. - Will Watts | 17 Feb 12 |
| Mr Cooter, you need to realise that Shakespeare is fun and that he was an entertainer. This company does it brilliantly. A feel good play that had everyone coming out with a smile on their face's. You can now get happy pills on prescription. - Martin Ross | 17 Feb 12 |
| I think your reviewer needs help locating their funny bone. It was a blast and SO refreshing. Barry, Wandsworth. - Barry | 17 Feb 12 |
| Only 2 stars as I felt what was on show was rubbish - sort of university drama department effort but, and it's a big but, it does have potential. There was too much of a Andy Nyman's irritating professor Goodman to start with and too few scary bits. However, it did make me think why someone else hasn't tried this idea before, The Woman In Black excepted. With a major rewrite, lots more scary bits, then I would not be surprised if a run in the West End would not be out of the question. Oh, and why the Jewish thing? That should be dropped for starters. But apart from that I wish them all good luck their original piece of theatre. - rds | 08 Apr 10 |
