A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Reblog of Review of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ on Press Night at the RSC at Stratford upon Avon Feb 2024

Review of the RSC’s new 2023 Midsummer Night’s Dream production starring Mat Baynton as Bottom

Today, I’m pleased to be reviewing the latest production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. I saw a ‘pre-performance’ in a packed auditorium. Mathew Baynton, of course, was the main drawcard for all those who loved him in ‘Horrible Histories’ and ‘Ghosts’! And I must say that here in this RST production, he was ableContinue reading “Review of the RSC’s new 2023 Midsummer Night’s Dream production starring Mat Baynton as Bottom”

Amateur Actors, No Rehearsal, Disorganised Direction, Disappearing Props – A Dream for Shakespeare

This weekend I joined a cast in a drama – at St Mark’s Church in Leamington Spa – which I think Shakespeare would have loved. Why? because we were rather like the little band of local workmen in that Athenian wood in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. But we were not playing “Pyramus and Thisbe”. Instead,Continue reading “Amateur Actors, No Rehearsal, Disorganised Direction, Disappearing Props – A Dream for Shakespeare”