A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream
Frederick Waxman鈥檚 (2014, Experimental Psychology) company Figure are to perform Shakespeare鈥檚 A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream at Opera Holland Park from 29 June to 1 July, with live orchestra and incidental music by Mendelssohn.
Comedy and movement specialist Sam Rayner (whose work includes collaborations with Jack Whitehall and Leo Reich, and has been listed in The Guardian鈥檚 “Readers鈥� Favourite Shows of 2022” and New York Times鈥� Critics鈥� Picks of 2023) returns to collaborate with Figure after last years 鈥渇antastically detailed鈥� (The Guardian) staging of , the first Handel opera ever at Opera Holland Park.
Figure is joined by a fantastic a cast including RSC associate and Harry Potter actor Ray Fearon as Oberon, comedian and star of Netflix series Shadow and Bone Anna Leong Brophy as Titania, and T. S. Eliot Prize Winning author and performer Joelle Taylor. Children from Theatre Peckham make up the chorus of fairies.
鈥淭his production promises to be joyful and life-affirming.鈥�
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Published: 20 June 2023