A Midsummer Night's Dream (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (1)
See it if Feeling of nature with being outdoors
Don't see it if Hearing background noise from outside
Critic Reviews (5)
[Dominic Hill] exploits to the full the verdant backdrop of Regent’s Park, catapulting the audience into a shape-shifting, tenebrous otherworld.
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Dominic Hill … has created ... a Dream that is clear in plot and in words but, also, is enveloped in an air of magic. This production is, mercifully, mostly free of … gimmickry. It does veer at times towards panto, but this is not a spectacle but a story.
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I wondered if [Dominic Hill] was trying a bit hard not to give in to the surroundings’ potential for twee charm. There is darkness to be mined in the play, in its gender politics and in the fairy pranks. Both are brought out here.
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[This] production is a delectably dark and gothic-tinged take on Shakespeare’s comedy. The cast are uniformly excellent … By switching dreams for nightmares, Hill creates a bewitching spectacle.
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Dominic Hill's hard-working production is very easy to settle into. Normally, nobody cares about other people's dreams – but you'll happily make an exception for Hill, and his wacky re-imagining of Shakespeare's somnambulant story.
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