What is A Midsummer Night's Dream about?

Deep in the magical forest a feuding King and Queen cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors, resulting in tempestuous love triangles, contagious fogs and moonlight revels, surrounded by a roving audience following the action on foot.

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Gwendoline Christie, Oliver Chris, David Moorst and Hammed Animashaun lead the cast as Titania, Oberon, Puck and Bottom, in Shakespeare's’ most famous romantic comedy.

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A production from the Bridge Theatre.

A Midsummer Night's Dream cast

Gwendoline Christie (Hippolyta/Titania), Oliver Chris (Theseus, Oberon), David Moorst (Philostrate/Puck), Hammed Animashaun (Bottom), Isis Hainsworth (Hermia), Tessa Bonham Jones (Helena), Paul Adeyefa (Demetrius), Kit Young (Lysander), Kevin McMonagle (Egeus), Felicity Montagu (Quince), Jermaine Freeman (Flute), Ami Metcalf (Snout), Jamie-Rose Monk (Snug), Francis Lovehall (Starvelling), Chipo Kureya (Peaseblossom), Jay Webb (Cobweb), Charlotte Atkinson (Moth), Lennin Nelson-McClure (Mustardseed), Rachel Tolzman (Bedbug).