About the show
What if the night undid everything you thought you knew about love?
Celebrated director Simon Phillips brings his signature clarity and theatrical velocity to Shakespeare’s most mischievous comedy. On the Parade stage, lovers collide, loyalties unravel, and language crackles with life as magic and mayhem take hold. The Mechanicals blunder their way to accidental genius. Puck drives the whole delirious engine toward a dawn where hearts must decide what to keep from the dream. Fast, funny, emotionally sharp, and unashamedly romantic – this is Shakespeare for now.
Come for the laughs. Stay for the poetry. Don’t miss a night where anything can happen.
Simon Phillips
Simon Phillips is an international theatre director and former Artistic Director of the Melbourne Theatre Company and the State Theatre Company of South Australia. His directing credits range from works by the great contemporary writers and leading Australian playwrights, to Shakespeare, musicals, and opera. His productions have toured Australia, Asia, Europe, the West End and Broadway. Simon is the recipient of multiple awards for theatre direction and in 2012 received an honorary doctorate from the University of Melbourne.
– Simon Phillips
To be advised.
Subject to change during the development of a production.
The Company
Principal Cast (in order of appearance)
Oberon/Theseus: Tom Findley
Lysander/Snug: Kai Johnson
Demetrius/Snout: Giani Fenech
Bottom: Sam Laki
Puck: Jaga Yap
Egeus/First Fairy: Dan Castle
Titania/Hippolita: Tahnee Dakota
Hermia/Starveling: Madeleine Lewis
Helena/Flute: Bianca Marshall
Quince/Philostrate: Ellie Triplett
Director: Simon Phillips*
Costume Designer: Harry Robinson
Lighting Designer: Lila Browning
Set & Props Designer: Leah Hall
Sound Designer: Otto Zagala
Video Designer: Hayley Cantrill
Assistant Director: Christopher Crellin
Assistant Director: Naomi Livingstone
Technical Manager: Alexandria White
Production Stage Manager: Lilly Green
Deputy Stage Manager: Bonnie Ranger
Deputy Stage Manager: Grace Wilson
Technical Coordinator: Oliver Ceely
Props Supervisor: Ezra Raj-Seppings
Sound System Supervisor: Jade Dunleavy
Video Systems Supervisor: Emily Stewart
Head Electrician: Atlas Andrews
Key
*Guest Artist
** NIDA Staff