East London Shakespeare Festival’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is touring parks and open spaces in Thanet to entertain family audiences this summer.
Following a successful London tour, the company will perform at four locations:
- Broadstairs Bandstand – 31 July (FREE performance sponsored by Broadstairs and St Peter’s Town Council)
- Ellington Park, Ramsgate – 1 August (Pay What You Can evening)
- Quex House & Gardens, Birchington – 2 August
- Oval Bandstand, Cliftonville – 22 August
Bursting with mischief, chaos, romance and magic, this joyful, family-friendly outdoor production reimagines Shakespeare’s hilarious comedy with a chaotic splash of contemporary flair.
Escape into the enchanted forest alongside Hermia, Lysander, Helena and Demetrius as they get more than they bargained for when a vibrant cast of magical woodland fairies take matters into their own hands.
Kareem Alexander Yousri (Doctor Who) plays Lysander, opposite Off West End Award-nominee Kalifa Taylor as Hermia.
They are joined by Bad Education’s Jack Bence, Ursula Early (EastEnders), Miranda Braun (Sense and Sensibility National Tour), Benedict C Jones (Return to the Forbidden Planet), Annabelle Blake (The Changeling Theatre Company) and apprentice Zora Duric Speare.
The show is directed and co-produced by Rosie Frecker, with associate director and producer Ursula Early. It is designed by Jamie Wheeler. The movement director is Genevieve Dunne, musical director is Sonum Batra, production manager and set builder is Andrew Hollingworth.
Ramsgate and William Shakespeare ! thats the best laugh i have had in a long time , a midsummer nights dream ? is that what they have when they are hanging off from drink and drugs around here ? .
My niece recently saw this production in my old home town East Ham (main actor is a local lad) and highly recommended it!
Audiences at Shakespeare’s Globe were a bawdry, riotous bunch. They went for a laugh and heckled and were not at all proper in the standing room in front of the stage. Theatre was for the common people as much as the gentry. His comedies such as Midsummer Nights Dream were silly and fantastical and in no way to be taken seriously.looking forward to seeing it in my local park at Ellington!