A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2024)
Performances: Tuesday 20 – Saturday 24 Feb 2024, Old Fire Station
Contents
Introduction
Visually modern but with the classic text.
The wedding of Theseus (local Duke) and Hippolyta is being planned. Meanwhile, the successful business owner, Egeus, is unhappy with their child Hermia’s choice of fiancé, Lysander. Egeus would much rather Hermia married Demetrius. Hermia doesn’t have feelings for Demetrius but their friend Helena does…
Confused? Well, you will be - when Oberon and Puck decide to meddle with this group for their own amusement using a love potion. At the same time as all of this, a local group of players are preparing a performance for the Duke’s wedding entertainments and one of the actors, Bottom, gets tangled up with the fairies - mysteriously becoming the subject of Titania’s sudden affections.
Out of these overlapping situations comes a chaos of falling asleep, falling in and out of love, hacked rehearsals and getting stuck all night at train stations, mostly thanks to the meddling and mischief of the over-powerful and under-occupied. Despite that, we still see the magic and joy of hardworking people making art, just for the love of it and even sharing it with the very people who continue to treat them so badly.
Cast
- Theseus - Cyril Blake
- Hippolyta - Danielle Carter
- Oberon - Tom Melly
- Titania - Benjamin Gustilo
- Hermia - Ane Omagu
- Lysander - Paddy Echlin
- Helena - Nadine Donelon
- Demetrius - Yohann Alexander Phillip
- Nick Bottom - Ollie Forrest
- Peter Quince - Shree Ziradkar
- Francis Flute / Peaseblossom - Ali Gibson
- Robin Starveling / Mustardseed - Amy Evans
- Tom Snout / Cobweb - Katie Floyd
- Snug / Moth - Holly Marsden
- Puck - Han Evans
- Egeus - Lily Ann Green
Crew
- Stage Managers - Steve Pleasants and Lydie Koritsas
- Assistant Stage Managers - Lorna Felix and Mark Bowen
- Set Design - Stephen Hayward
- Costume Design / Support - Lynsey Davies and Chantal Gregory
- Sound Design - Adam Crook
- Lighting Design - Bob Callender
- Lighting and Sound Operator - Sarah Farage
- Video Editing - Han Evans
- Show and Rehearsal Photography - Jonathan Rose
- Rigging - Sean Thomas
- Set Construction - Sean Thomas, Dennis Fenton, Barry Heselden, cast and crew (and help from Jekyll & Hyde!)
- Assistant Director - Nick Davidson
Reviews
Some review quotes go here
Gallery
Reminiscences and Anecdotes
- Absolute dream of a first production to be involved with at SLT. Not sure my bartending skills improved greatly though! -- Ali Gibson
See Also
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1980)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1997)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (2007)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (2010)
