A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Shakespeare In The City Tour

27 September 2008

It is the night of the departmental office party; Hermia, the daughter of the CEO, rejects the advances of high-powered yuppie Demetrius (her father's favourite) and sneaks back up to the deserted offices with her sweetheart Lysander. Their escape is betrayed by her friend Helena who is infatuated with Demetrius and tells him where Hermia has gone.

At night, though, in the dark offices the spirits are awake; call them fairies, call them the mischief-makers, call them gremlins, call them what you will. They are the ones that crash your computer just before you save, that move your coffee cup so you knock it over your work, that hide your security card and readjust your chair! Oberon, the lord of the mainframe, and Titania, the lady of paper, are having a spat and the mortals are going to be caught in between. Finally, into this realm stumble a group of IT support staff (the 'Rude Electricals') who, in order to shake off their antisocial image, have offered to perform a play as the highlight of the party. If only they could find somewhere to rehearse!

In its fourth year, the Shakespeare in the City programme produced a modern-day retelling of the Shakespeare classic A Midsummer Night's Dream. It had eleven performances throughout September across a variety of city institutions, raising over £6,000 for charity.

CAST

PUCK | Kate Ackroyd
PUCK | Sara Drury
FLUTE | Mark Ewins
BOTTOM | Will Harrison-Wallace
SNOUT | Lee Innell
PUCK | Rebecca Linton
LYSANDER | Matt Matravers
QUINCE | Eleena Misra
HELENA | Paula Mount
SNUG | Clare O'Shea
HERMIA | Catherine Rodgers
DEMETRIUS | Chris Sims
OBERON/THESEUS | Simon Till
TITANIA | Jordanna Tin
PUCK | Su Vigus

CREATIVE TEAM

ADAPTED and DIRECTED BY | Richard Williams
PRODUCER and ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | Emma Knott
STAGE MANAGER | Bronia Kupczyk
CHOREOGRAPHER | Alexandra Lake
COSTUMES – TITANIA, SNUG | Bronia Kupczyk
COSTUMES – OBERON | Graham Teddy
PAPER FAIRIES | Rebecca Linton
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER | Juliette Chrisman
PROGRAMME | Richard Williams

Public performance at Merrill Lynch

  • Saturday 27 September 2008 6.30pm