A Midsummer Night's Dream
Live from Shakespeare鈥檚 Globe in London, this is the final night of the Bollywood-infused Shakespeare comedy which has wowed critics and played to sold-out audiences.
The show is introduced by actress Meera Syal and is the first time any production has been live streamed from the Bankside venue.
Four runaway lovers find themselves smack bang in the middle of a dispute between the King and Queen of the fairies, and, as if that wasn鈥檛 enough, a troupe of amateur actors are trying to rehearse a play. Between these unlikely groups flies Puck, armed only with a wicked sense of humour and a love potion capable of making anyone fall for the first person they set eyes upon. What could possibly go wrong?
Fusing music, dance and some serious comedy, Emma Rice鈥檚 first production as Artistic Director brings the Dream crashing into the Globe鈥檚 magical setting. Naughty, tender, transgressive and surprising, it promises to be a festival of theatre.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Director for Stage | Emma Rice |
| Lyricist | Tanika Gupta |
| Set Designer | B枚rkur J贸nsson |
| Costume designer | Moritz Junge |
| Composer | Stu Baker |
| Choreographer | Etta Murfitt |
| Sound Designer | Simon Baker |
| Stage Lighting Designers | Victoria Brennan, Malcom Rippeth |
| Fight Director | Kate Waters |
| Director for Screen | Ian Russell |
| Producers | Lotte Buchan, Jessica Lusk |
| Presenter | Meera Syal |
| Helenus | Ankur Bahl |
| Flute / Philostrate | Margaret Ann Bain |
| First Fairy / Starveling | Nandi Bhebhe |
| Lysander | Edmund Derrington |
| Cobweb | Tibu Fortes |
| Demetrius | Ncuti Gatwa |
| Hippolyta / Titania | Meow Meow |
| Puck | Katy Owen |
| Snug | Edith Tankus |
| Quince | Lucy Thackeray |
| Snout | Alex Tregear |
| Theseus / Oberon | Zubin Varla |
| Hermia | Anjana Vasan |
| Bottom | Ewan Wardrop |
| Musicians | Stu Barker, Pat Moran, Sheema Mukherjee, Jeevan Singh |
| Globe Associate - Text | Giles Block |
| Globe Associate - Movement | Glynn MacDonald |
| Assistant Director | Keziah Serreau |
| Costume Supervisor | Ed Parry |
| Puppet Direction | Mark Down for Blind Summit Theatre |
| Production Manager | Wills |
| Stage Manager | Rob Walker |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Claire Henders |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Helen Comerford |
| Head of Wardrobe | Megan Cassidy |
| Wardrobe Deputy | Emma Seychell |
| Wardrobe Assistants | Sally Fernandes, Hanna Randall |
| Head of Wigs, Hair | Pam Humpage |
| Wigs, Hair | Hayley Thompson |
| Wigs, Hair | Lee Appleton, Sophie Jones |
| Props Manager | Katy Brooks |
| Props Deputy | Emma Hughes |
| Deputy Tecnical Stage Managers | Dario Fusco, Paul Golynia |
| Sound Supervisor | Jay Jones |
| Deputy Sound Supervisor | Charlie Simpson |
| Sound Technicians | Madison English, Adam Washington |
| Lighting Supervisor | Ben Nichols |
| Deputy Lighting Supervisor | Will Frost |
| Lighting Programmer | Andi Davis |
| Aerial Consultant | Alex Harvey |
| Aerial Rigger | Jo White |
| Winch Flying | Lee Stephenson, Freedom Flying |
| Carpenters | Kes Hayter, Rupert Mead, Simeon Tachev |
| Costume Assistant | Annelies Henry |
| Costume Makers | Rob Allsopp, John Cowell, Mandy Haslam, Chris Keer, Kevin Mathias |
| Costume Makers | Angelina Pieroni, Clare Ramsell, Susanna Wilson, Freed of London, Debbie Boyd |
| Fairy Mask | Claudia Stolze, Lolly Goodship |
| Props Makers | Emma Hughes, Charlotte Austen, Anna Burder, Melanie Brookes, Penny Spedding, Lindsey Archer, Rosheen McNamee, Hannah Williams |
| Production Electricians | James Bentley, Elaine Bridgman, Roisin Dullard, Matt Ladkin, Alex Shenton Parkin, Jack Weir |
| Production Sound | Simon Fowler, Viktor Lopez, Orry Henderson |
| Researchers | Dr Farah Karim-Cooper, Dr Will Tosh, Jennifer Edwards, Jakub Boguszak, Sophie Clarke, Robbie Hand, Margaret Zweibach |
| Artistic Director | Emma Rice |
| Executive Producer | Tom Bird |
| Theatre General Manager | Lotte Buchan |
| Theatre Finance Manager | Helen Hillman |
| Playhouse | Claire Godden |
| Director of Music | Bill Barclay |
| Casting Director | Matilda James |
| Casting, Creative | Karisma Balani |
| Artistic Coordinator | Jessica Lusk |
| Music Coordinator | James Maloney |
| Theatre Coordinator | Sarah Murray |
| Production Assistant | Lottie Newth |
| Music Assistant | Charlie Limm |
| Theatre Finance Assistant | Annegret Kuhnigk |
| Production Manager | Paul Russell |
| Company Manager | Marion Marrs |
| Associate Producer | Tamsin Mehta |
| Technical Stage Manager | Bryan Paterson |
| Assistant Production Manager | Fay Powell-Thomas |
| Assistant Company Manager | Kristy Bloxham |
| Film Distribution Assistant | Andrei Manta |
| Film Distribution Manager | Chui-Yee Cheung |
| Unknown | With thanks to all staff at Shakespeare's Globe |
| Unknown | With thanks to The British Council |
| Senior Cameramen | Chris Goor, Giles Pritchard |
| Camera Operators | Dave Bowden, James Day, Mark Faulkner, Wayne Ratcliffe |
| Script Supervisor | George Pursall |
| Sound Supervisor | Julian Gough |
| Technical Facilities | Cloudbass |
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