Date/Time
Date(s) - 11 Oct 2014
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Location
Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC)

GoTheatrical! Captioned Performance on Saturday, 11 October 2014 at 2pm

Booking details at merrigong.com.au

Please request caption seats at time of booking to ensure seats with the best view of the caption screen.

A Bell Shakespeare production

THE DREAM

By William Shakespeare

The clue is in the title – this is a different dream.

THEATRE SEASON

Bell Shakespeare’s Co-Artistic Director, Peter Evans reawakens Shakespeare’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream with a breathless 90-minute production that amplifies the magic, mirth and mayhem.

Love is in the air in Athens — and it’s contagious. Besides the royal wedding, which is just days away, there are young lovers dreaming of contented futures together. Hermia and Lysander are besotted with one another, while Helen aadores Demetrius. The only snag is that Demetrius loves Hermia — and he’s got Hermia’s father on his side. Shakespeare wasn’t kidding when he said the course of true love never ran smooth.

Determined to be together, Hermia and Lysander meet in a moonlit forest,with plans to elope. Following hot on their heels is Demetrius, who in turn ispursued by a lovelorn Helena. But the young lovers are not alone in the forest. Nick Bottom and his hapless bunch of tradies have gathered to rehearse a play tobe performed at the royal wedding. And, hidden from human eyes, a mischievous sprinkling of fairies….

Peter Evans’ pared-back production will be as quick as a shadow. Fast, funny and family-friendly, this is The Dream as you’ve never seen it before.

Recommended for ages 12+.