This is Shakespeare’s most popular comedy. The story follows the fortunes of a quartet of lover’s who are lured into the forest by fairies who trick them with a magic potion that forces them to fall in love with the first person they see.
Sadly the Queen of Fairies herself takes the potion and when a donkey crosses her path she falls in love with the beast. This hilarious comedy explores the madness of love and laughs at human folly.
It contains some of the finest poetry that Shakespeare wrote, slapstick comedy, touching love scenes, mystery and theatrical magic. This production has been an extraordinary global success, performing hundreds of times across three continents and even being re- staged in Mandarin.
This is Shakespeare that is easy to understand and enjoy, even for an audience whose first language is not English. Specially composed music is woven into the production as is choreography, poetry and above all comedy.
Directed by Paul Stebbings
Original music composed by Paul Flush
Produced by Grantly Marshall
Oberon/Theseus : Rian Wunderlin Hippolyta / Titania : Samantha Thornton Rice Hermia/fairy/Mechanical : Ferdia Fitzsimmons
Helena/Fairy/Quince : Alexandria Wright Hermia/fairy/Mechanical Ferdia Fitzsimmons
Bottom/Demetrius : Alexander Clark Lysander/Puck/Mechanical : Thomas Martin
Company manager : Paolo Serra
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