A Midsummer Night’s Dream

by William Shakespeare
directed by Deborah Campbell

Take four runaway lovers, a mysterious forest, a pack of meddling spirits, a motley comic crew and a love potion to create the Shakespeare's famous tale of amorous mayhem. Set this in the enchanting gardens of York House and you have the perfect summer evening's entertainment.

This is our Open Air Show, in the gardens of York House. Have a picnic before the show or in the interval (wine, beers, Pimms and soft drinks on sale) and enjoy the lovely setting. Please bring your own rugs or chairs as none are provided for the performance.

What about the weather?
As you know English summers can be blazing hot or decidedly damp.
We intend to carry on with the show come rain or shine so please come suitably prepared.
It is very rare for a performance to be cancelled and never prior to the start time. In the unlikely event of a cancellation please retain your ticket so that it can be exchanged for another night.

Please note that this year we will be playing in the Fountain Garden of York House, NOT in the Sunken Lawn as usual. The entrance will be through the Champion's Wharf Sculpture Park, reached from Riverside (close to the Mary Wallace Theatre).

At the bottom of Church Lane, where you are facing the boat ramp, turn LEFT along Riverside (towards the bridge over the road). The Sculpture Park will be on your right, and very soon you will see the entrance.

Rehearsal Images

Sunday 25th to Saturday 31st July 2010
Performances at 7.45p.m. There is also a matinee at 3p.m. on Saturday, 31st July.

There is no performance on Wednesday, 28th July.

Tickets £10, concessions £8 - if paid for before 23rd July. Bookings from 24th July and late payments £12, concessions £10.

(concessions apply to Senior Citizens, Juniors, N.U.S. members and U.B.40 holders.)

Groups of 8 or more receive a 10% discount.

A Midsummer Nights Dream is supported by the Rugby Football Union

Other past productions

1. Taking Sides - Ronald Harwood
2. Aladdin - John Crocker - Music & Lyrics by Eric Gilder
3. Little Gem - Elaine Murphy
4. Vita & Virginia - Eileen Atkins
   adapted from correspondence between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West
5. Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare
6. Tom Paine - Paul Foster
7. Youth Theatre Double Bill - Will Averill: Cinderella: Or How Pipsqueak the Mouse Became a Stallion. 'Crinkley Bottom............' was devised in-house
8. Gormenghast - John Constable adapted from the novel by Mervyn Peake
9. This Story of Yours - John Hopkins
10. King John - William Shakespeare
11. Pygmalion - Bernard Shaw
12. Fallen Angels - Noel Coward
13. A Month in the Country - Ivan Turgenev - adapted into English by Emlyn Williams
14. Glengarry Glen Ross - David Mamet
15. A Vampire Story - Moira Buffini
16. Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll - dramatised by Adrian Mitchell
17. The Odd Couple (female version) - Neil Simon
18. The Beauty Queen of Leenane - Martin McDonagh
19. Antony and Cleopatra - William Shakespeare
20. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - Tom Stoppard
21. Gaslight - Patrick Hamilton
22. Cymbeline - William Shakespeare
23. Iron - Rona Munro
24. Confusions - Alan Ayckbourn
25. Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare
26. I Hate Shakespeare - Steph DeFerie
27. Moonlight and Magnolias - Ron Hutchinson
28. Lulu - Frank Wedekind, in a version by Peter Barnes
29. Macbeth - William Shakespeare
30. Whipping It Up - Steve Thompson
31. Harvey - Mary Chase
32. Happy Days - Samuel Beckett
33. Days of Wine and Roses - Owen McCafferty
34. Henry V - William Shakespeare
35. Arabian Nights - adapted by Dominic Cooke
36. Vincent in Brixton - Nicholas Wright
37. The Real Thing - Tom Stoppard
38. Titus Andronicus - William Shakespeare
39. An Inspector Calls - J. B. Priestley

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