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Shakespeare 4 Kidz (S4K) - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Palace Theatre, Manchester
From: Monday, 27th September 2010
To: Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Our Review: starstarstarstar

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Our Review: starstarstarstar

28 September 2010

Shakespeare 4 Kidz have a reputation for producing accessible and musical versions of the Bard's plays which appeal to the younger generation. They have confirmed that they deserve these plaudits with their sterling version of
A Midsummer Night's Dream.

With a very simplistic but stylish set by Jaimie Todd and a cast of just fourteen well-chosen actors, they have taken the major scenes from the play and strung them together with modern language and songs.  Odd sections of the original dialogue remain, and these are nicely woven into the production, making them easily understood by the
youthful members of the audience.

Noel Andrew Harron's Puck is a mischievous sprite with a very camp manner, but he engages the children in the auditorium from the start and uses this skill to keep the audience involved with the plot. The other role the children seem to enjoy is Sean Luckham's Bottom. Ebullient throughout, his o...

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Shakespeare 4 Kidz (Company)
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