A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

A SECOND YEAR PRODUCTION

7 - 11 July 2009 | Parade Playhouse

William Shakespeare | directed by Tony Knight

Fairies, warring lovers, and amateur dramatics – these are all parts of Shakespeare’s most magical play. First performed in 1595, A Midsummer Night’s Dream has long fascinated and delighted audiences around the world. Very often, it is the first play one sees as a child. The theme of children and independence is very much a matter for all the characters, desperately in search of some form of love, appreciation, and approval. I would my father looked but with my eyes, says the condemned Hermia, before she and her lover, Lysander flee to the relative safety of the woods. But the woods are not safe; they are the domain of the fairies, whose King and Queen, Oberon and Titania, are also at war. Add the rustic Mechanicals, amateur actors determined to put on a wonderful play, and the mischievous sprite, Puck, and the scene is set for hysterical mayhem - by the end all a transformed by the potency of the woods. This is a play for all the family, and especially for those whom have never experienced the magic of the theatre.

Performance Dates:

Tuesday 7 July 2009	7.30pm
Wednesday 8 July 2009	7.30pm
Thursday 9 July 2009	7.30pm
Friday 10 July 2009	7.30pm
Saturday 11 July 2009	2pm
Saturday 11 July 2009	7.30pm

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