Midsummer Night's Dream

Directed by Sharon Maine and assisted by Anna Stamatelos
Production Coordinator: Ben Fraser

Performance Dates
November 9th, 10th, 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd and 24th at Old Cheese Factory, Berwick. Bring a picnic dinner and blanket to enjoy in the gardens while watching the show!

Tickets
Tickets are $16 for adults and $14 concession. For more information see the flyer below.

Cast
Michael Barrach as Lysander
Kate Drougas as Helena
Colin Morley as Demetruis
Melanie Varcoe as Hermia
Kym Davies as Titania
Matt Walsh as Oberon
John Locke as Bottom
Tom Muhle as Puck
Kevin McCorriston as Egeus
Susan Collier as Snout
Heather Comer as Cobweb
Joe Dias as Theseus
Melanie Foster as Mustardseed
Noel Legg as Snug
Katherine Licht as Hippolyta
Michelle Mammana as Moth
Kristie-Leah McMahon as Pleasebottom
Carlo Melino as Flute
James Ness as Quince
Clive Rogers as Philistrate
Dylan Staszkiewicz as Starveling

Synopsis
The play features three interlocking plots, all connected by a celebration of the wedding of Duke Theseus of Athens and the Amazonian Hippolyta. Two young Athenian men, Lysander and Demetrius, are both in love with the same woman, Hermia; Hermia herself loves Lysander, but her friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius. When the father of Hermia forbids her to marry Lysander, the four pursue each other into the woods around the city, losing themselves in the dark and in the maze of their romantic entanglements. The comedy has a bitter-sweet note, when Hermia's two lovers both, temporarily, turn against her in favour of Helena. This happens because of the many mistakes of Puck, Oberon's friend and servant.

Meanwhile, Oberon, king of the fairies, and his estranged wife, Titania, arrive in the same woods to attend the upcoming nuptials. Titania refuses to lend her Indian page-boy to Oberon for use as his 'henchman', and Oberon seeks to punish her for her disobedience.

At the same time, a band of 'mechanicals' have arranged to perform a play on the theme of Pyramus and Thisbe to stage for the wedding festivities, and venture into the forest for their rehearsal. Most notable among them is Nick Bottom the Weaver.

Oberon recruits the mischievous Puck to help him regain Titania's devotion, but his simultaneous attempt to help the young lovers goes wrong, resulting in confusion. Bottom finds his head transformed into that of an ass, and the fairy queen is made to fall in love with him.

Any questions should be directed to Sharon Maine at maine_sharon@hotmail.com.

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