The theatre company’s take on Shakespeare’s play will head to the Wilton’s Music Hall from the 9th to the 20th April.
Flabbergast Theatre have announced the first London run of its production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream will take place next month.
In this classic tale of fantasy, mischief, dream and reality, Flabbergast’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream brings the magic of midsummer alive as goblins and sprites run amok as the King and Queen of the Faeries settle a spat, wreaking havoc among the humans caught up in their machinations.
Combining puppetry, clown, circus, dance, choral music and classical text, the company bring their distinctive style to Shakespeare’s comedy, directed and designed by Henry Maynard. The production also enlists the talents of renowned folk musician Nick Hart to help weave traditional English songs into the production.
The cast includes: Krystian Godlewski, Reanne Black, Lennie Longworth, Vyte Garriga, Paulina Krzeczkowska, Elliot Pritchard, Nadav Burstein and Simon Gleave.
Flabbergast Theatre was formed in 2010 to make exciting theatre that has its roots in physicality and devising with a belief that all theatre should be vital, engaging and accessible. It experiments with puppetry, physical comedy, and physical theatre and exploring other expressions and pedagogy such as Butoh, Grotowski, Lecoq and Mask to create unique productions. Flabbergast’s previous, critically acclaimed productions include: Macbeth, a highly-critically acclaimed, visceral take on the Scottish play, The Swell Mob, an award-winning dark, sinister immersive 2018 experience, Tatterdemalion, a hilarious, absurd and often magical show, which juxtaposed themes of loneliness and belonging with joy and exhilaration, and puppetry’s Balkan bunraku bad boys: Boris & Sergey, a high-octane, bittersweet, hyphenated epic adventure in puppetry.
The creative team behind this production includes: Associate Director Simon Gleave, Musical Consultant – Nick Hart and Lighting Design by Rachel Shipp.
To book tickets visit: https://www.wiltons.org.uk/whatson/847-a-midsummer-night-s-dream-