About the Show

Nicholas Hytner’s immersive adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy returns for a limited summer run.

Step back into the enchanted forest, where fairies meddle with mortal hearts and moonlight stirs up mayhem. Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream follows four young lovers, a troupe of bumbling actors, and the mischievous spirits of the forest as their worlds collide in a swirl of magic, confusion, and unexpected love.

Directed by Olivier Award-winning director and the Artistic Director of the Bridge Theatre Nicholas Hytner (Guys and Dolls), this acclaimed production transforms the Bridge Theatre into a dreamscape, with an immersive set placing audience members inside the action. The production reunites the original creative team behind its celebrated 2019 run, including designer Bunny Christie, composer Grant Olding, lighting designer Bruno Poet, and movement director Arlene Phillips. Expect gravity-defying fairies, rave-like energy, and a few surprises as classic meets cutting-edge.

Critic Reviews (10)

For a previous production

This is hardly as radical as it seems to want to position itself, but director Nick Hytner... and his fellow creative team of designers... keep the show fast and fluid, fun and occasionally surprising.'
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For a previous production

Festive fun, ear-nibbling and high-wire antics infuse Nicholas Hytner’s startling role-reversal production...I would have enjoyed it still more if it released the microscopic beauties of Shakespeare’s text...'
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For a previous production

...a riotously gender-fluid immersive production... Even if you ignore all the bells, whistles and man-snogs, the fact of the matter is that Hytner has assembled a preposterously good comedy cast.'
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For a previous production

...combining eroticism and enchantment, levity and darkness, Hytner’s latest hit scales the heights...it’s not just a show for (almost) all ages but one that deserves to be talked about for years to come.'
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For a previous production

There are some overblown moments, yet this irreverent interpretation has the atmosphere of a party. It’s best experienced as a groundling in the theatre’s pit, where the sense of mischief spreads like a giant smile.'
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For a previous production

...Nicholas Hytner’s gloriously funny, immersive take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge Theatre...David Moorst excels as the obstreperous hobgoblin Puck.'
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For a previous production

The show comes into its own at the end, with the play within a play, which is raucous and full of physical madness. A bit more of this playful, low-fi silliness may have worked better for the show as a whole.'
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For a previous production

...Nicholas Hytner’s immersive, irreverent, spectacular, slyly feminist, sometimes properly dreamlike staging of Shakespeare’s summer special...The positives outweigh any overkill...'
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