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A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Bridge Theatre – production photos released

Return to the forest!

Tanyel Gumushan

Tanyel Gumushan

| London |

5 June 2025

Ali Goldsmith, Jemima Brown, Bella Aubin, Kat Collings in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge (Credit Manuel Harlan)
Ali Goldsmith, Jemima Brown, Bella Aubin, Kat Collings in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge, © Manuel Harlan

Get a first look at A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge Theatre!

Nicholas Hytner’s hit immersive staging of Shakespeare’s comedy is back at the London venue, six years after its premiere.

The cast includes JJ Feild as Oberon/Theseus, Susannah Fielding as Titania/Hippolyta, Emmanuel Akwafo as Bottom, and David Moorst reprising his role as Puck/Philostrate.

Joining them are Paul Adeyefa as Demetrius, Hilson Agbangbe as Starveling, Bella Aubin (Macbeth) as Peasebottom, Jemima Brown as Fairy, Nina Cassells as Hermia, Kat Collings (The Lion King) as Moth, Adam Cunis (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as understudy, Ali Goldsmith (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812) as Cobweb, Hollie Hales as understudy, Molly Hewitt-Richards as Snug, Felicity Montagu as Quince, Lennin Nelson-McClure as Mustardseed, Jem Rose (making her professional stage debut) as Snout, Dominic Semwanga (making his professional stage debut) as Flute, Lily Simpkiss as Helena, Divesh Subaskaran as Lysander and David Webber as Egeus.

Susannah Fielding, Jemima Brown, Lennin Nelson McClure, Bella Aubin, Kat Collings, Ali Goldsmith A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge (Credit Manuel Harlan)
Susannah Fielding, Jemima Brown, Lennin Nelson McClure, Bella Aubin, Kat Collings, Ali Goldsmith A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge, © Manuel Harlan
Felicity Montagu, Emmanuel Akwafo, Dominic Semwanga, Hilson Agbangbe, Molly Hewitt Richards, Jem Rose in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge (Credit Manuel Harlan)
Felicity Montagu, Emmanuel Akwafo, Dominic Semwanga, Hilson Agbangbe, Molly Hewitt Richards, Jem Rose in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge, © Manuel Harlan
Paul Adeyefa, Divesh Subaskaran, Nina Cassells in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge (Credit Manuel Harlan)
Paul Adeyefa, Divesh Subaskaran, Nina Cassells in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge, © Manuel Harlan
Susannah Fielding in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge (Credit Manuel Harlan) 125
Susannah Fielding in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge, © Manuel Harlan

Also reprising their roles from 2019 are Adeyefa, Montagu, Nelson-McClure and Cunis. The initial staging was met with audience acclaim and led to a broadcast via NT Live.

Hytner directs, with production design by Bunny Christie, costumes by Christina Cunningham (with additional costumes by Christie), lighting by Bruno Poet, sound design by Paul Arditti, music by Grant Olding, movement by Arlene Phillips and hair and make-up design by Susanna Peretz. James Cousins is the co-director and co-movement director.

Emmanuel Akwafo, JJ Feild in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge (Credit Manuel Harlan)
Emmanuel Akwafo, JJ Feild in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge, © Manuel Harlan
Divesh Subaskaran, Nina Cassells, Lily Simpkiss in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge (Credit Manuel Harlan)
Divesh Subaskaran, Nina Cassells, Lily Simpkiss in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge, © Manuel Harlan
Molly Hewitt Richards in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge (Credit Manuel Harlan)
Molly Hewitt Richards in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge, © Manuel Harlan
Nina Cassells, Divesh Subaskaran in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge (Credit Manuel Harlan)
Nina Cassells, Divesh Subaskaran in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge, © Manuel Harlan
Lily Simpkiss, Divesh Subaskaran, Paul Adeyefa in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge (Credit Manuel Harlan)
Lily Simpkiss, Divesh Subaskaran, Paul Adeyefa in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge, © Manuel Harlan
David Moorst in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge (Credit Manuel Harlan)
David Moorst in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge, © Manuel Harlan
Susannah Fielding, JJ Feild, David Moorst in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge (Credit Manuel Harlan)
Susannah Fielding, JJ Feild, David Moorst in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Bridge, © Manuel Harlan

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