A Midsummer Night's Dream
From: Thursday, 28th February 2013
To: Saturday, 4 May 2013
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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:
Simon Cole - 7 March 2013
Hoping to emulate the stratospheric success of War Horse, their previous collaboration, Bristol Old Vic artistic director Tom Morris and Cape Town's Handspring Puppet Company make magic together again, in a visually stunning new interpretation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Blending live actors, puppets and keenly choreographed movement that breathes life into everyday inanimate objects, BOV’s forests of Athens are a mystical place indeed. Fairies roam free making mischief, star crossed lovers vie to win their suitor’s hand, and ‘rude’ mechanicals rehearse their theatrical tributes for the upcoming marriage of the Duke Theseus of Athens and the Amazon Queen, Hippolyta.
In a production crammed full with sensory delights, Vicki Mortimer’s striking set, comprising a vast wooden skeleton, in close collaboration with Philip Gladwell&#...
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Shakespeare (Author)
Bristol Old Vic (Producer)
Handspring Puppet Company (Company)
Tom Morris (Director)
Vicki Mortimer (Design)
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