A Midsummer Night's Dream
From: Thursday, 9th February 2012
To: Saturday, 17 March 2012
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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:
17 February 2012
It seems to be the current fashion to run plays without an interval. There are often good artistic reasons for doing so - the dramatic tension can run unabated. But Filter's production of Midsummer Night's Dream has no such lofty ideals; the sole aim is laughs, right from the start.
The play is introduced by Ed Gaughan's Peter Quince in a long rambling monologue, setting the scene for the action - the central gag being that they pull Mark Benton from the audience to play Bottom.
Director Sean Holmes looks to bring a new interpretation to bear on the play, but this toying with the text only brings to mind the type of mayhem that Morecambe & Wise wreaked on seemingly serious plays. There are further Morecambian touches: Benton even shuffles on stage with his shopping, and there's a willingness to burst into song at any opportunity (Chris Branch and Tom Haines’ score covers a variety of musical styles ); there are also a couple of excellent sight g...
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Brent - 12 March 2012:
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 :)...
Cast
Jonathan Broadbent
Ed Gaughan
Simon Mayonda
Victoria Moseley
Ferdy Roberts
Rebecca Scroggs
Chris Branch (musician) P:Tom Haines (musician)
John Lightbody
Creative
Shakespeare (Author)
Oldham Seals Group (Chichester) (Corporate Sponsor)
Lyric Hammersmith (Producer)
Filter Theatre (Company)
Lyric Hammersmith (Producer)
Filter (Producer)
Sean Holmes (Director)
Hyemi Shin (Design)
Tom Haines (Sound)
Chris Branch (Sound)
Oliver Fenwick (Lighting)
The London Snorkelling Team (Music)
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