Cast announced for A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe
Casting has been announced for A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Directed by Elle While (The Merry Wives of Windsor, 2019; As You Like It, Hamlet, 2018), the production runs from 27 April – 12 August 2023.
The cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream comprises Sam Crerar as Lysander, Sarah Finigan as Egeus / Snug, Mariah Gale as Bottom, Vinnie Heaven as Demetrius, Jack Laskey as Oberon / Theseus, Molly Logan as Flute / Fairy, Francesca Mills as Hermia, Anne Odeke as Hippolyta, Marianne Oldham as Titania, Rebecca Root as Quince, Michelle Terry as Puck, Isobel Thom as Helena, and Tanika Yearwood as Snout / Mustardseed.
Director Elle While said: “I’m thrilled to bring together these brilliantly talented actors on the Globe stage for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This is a play of magic, of big betrayals, of deep passions and of true friendships. I can’t wait for audiences to join us in the Globe for the warm summer months ahead to enjoy this play anew in our magnificent wooden ‘O’.”
On Midsummer’s eve, four rebellious young lovers, a band of ambitious artisan players, and a feuding Fairy King and Queen all cross paths in a riotously enchanted forest. When the devilish shapeshifting, mischief-making Puck, the Fairy King’s servant, is ordered to cast spells on everyone, what could possibly go wrong?
All hell breaks loose as nature, and human nature, are turned upside down and inside out; the forest’s new inhabitants are in for a wild and unsettling night of love, jealousy and utter confusion… but once the nightmare is over, will life be a dream again by morning?
The creative team includes associate director Indiana Lown-Collins, composer James Maloney, costume supervisor Sabia Smith, set designer Wills, costume designer takis, Globe associate for movement Glynn Macdonald, head of voice Tess Dignan and movement director Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster
For more information and tickets, visit shakespearesglobe.com
