A Midsummer Night's Dream - Lancaster Grand Theatre

The Award winning Flabbergast Theatre bring a rambunctious approach to Shakespeare’s much
loved comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Goblins and Sprites run amok as the King and Queen of
the Faeries settle a spat causing havoc among the humans caught up in their machinations.
The action focusses on a troupe of players travelling with their beautiful vintage Haywain frantically
Multi-role-ing and bringing the world to life with Joy and excitement.
Arcadian folk songs, slapstick comedy, and mask work combine with a respectful approach to the
Text, an irreverent attitude and a focus on storytelling to bring the magic of midsummer alive with
Physical comedy, song, and dance.
Dominic Cavendish
The Telegraph
★★★★★
‘Shakespeare’s words wrung into new shapes through raw physical movement...captivating’
★★★★★

Behind
The
Arras
‘a stunning production from a stellar and highly talented cast... Real magic’
★★★★★

The
Spy
In
The
Stalls
'
A production of charm and genuine ebullience, true to the most innate impulses of
Theatre's potential to entertain.'
★★★★
½ - Rest Less
'
Like the characters, you’ll leave as though you’re waking from a dream and perhaps, in the
words of Bottom, that you “have had a most rare vision'
★★★★

Adventures
In
Theatreland
‘Flabbergast Theatre brings wonderful originality and new life into this beloved play.’
★★★★

What's
On
Live
‘Splendidly imaginative... a fun, frivolous, fantastic and fast-moving celebration... irreverent
Absorbing, compelling and thought-provoking’
★★★★

Curtain
Call
Reviews
'
A Midsummer Night’s Dream" by Flabbergast Theatre, presents a spectacle that is the most
authentic and engaging Shakespearean performance I have seen'
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★★★★
Fairy Powered Productions
'Dance, clowning, masks and puppetry all enhanced the performance tremendously.... What
A spectacle!