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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

2 - 30 March 2024

Theatre

Shakespeare’s classic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is reawakened in this breathless production brimming with magic, mirth and mayhem.

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Ticket Pricing

Preview	Price
All reserves	$45

Season tickets	Price
Premium	$110
A Reserve	$88 - $90
B Reserve	$58

Concession Australian Seniors Means Tested Australian Pensions* Full-Time Australian Students MEAA members	Price
Premium	$90 - $100
A Reserve	$75 - $90
B Reserve	$53

Under 18^	Price
Premium	$45
A Reserve	$40
B Reserve	$35

^Strictly limited to 4 tickets per transaction.

Under 35^ Tuesday & Wednesday performances ONLY *ALLOCATION EXHAUSTED*	Price
Premium	$45
A Reserve	$40
B Reserve	$35

^Strictly limited to 4 tickets per transaction.

*Means Tested Australian Pensions include:
Aged Disability, Veterans’ Affairs, Health Care, Job Search, Supporting Parent

$8.95 booking fee applies per transaction

Prices correct at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Exact prices will be displayed with seat selection.

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Lord, what fools these mortals be!

Puck, Act 3, Scene 2

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Shakespeare’s classic comedy

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 enchanted futures together. Hermia and Lysander are besotted with one another, while Helena adores Demetrius. The only snag is that Demetrius loves Hermia – and he’s got Hermia’s father on his side. So nobody is happy. (Shakespeare wasn’t kidding when he said the course of true love never did run 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 is pursued 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 to be performed at the royal wedding. And, hidden from human eyes, a mischievous sprinkling of faeries are also in the forest that night. The three worlds collide in an explosion of comic confusion that throws the future of all the lovers into jeopardy.

Directed by Peter Evans, this production is quick as a shadow. Fast, funny and family-friendly, this is A Midsummer Night’s Dream reimagined.

Presented by Bell Shakespeare

You’d be mad not to see it

The Age

Artist information

CAST

Ella Prince Puck
Ahunim Abebe Hermia/Snug
Isabel Burton Helena/Starveling
Mike Howlett Demetrius/Snout
Matu Ngaropo Bottom/Egeus
Richard Pyros Oberon/Theseus/Flute
Imogen Sage Titania/Hippolyta/Quince
Laurence Young Lysander/Mechanical

CREATIVES

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Peter Evans
Designed by Teresa Negroponte
Lighting Design by Benjamin Cisterne
Sound and Composition by Max Lyandvert