Midsummer Night's Dream 2016

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Emma Rice
Puppet designed and made by Lindie Wright
Puppet direction by Blind Summit Theatre

Fusing music, dance and some serious comedy, Emma Rice’s first production as Artistic Director brought the Dream crashing into the Globe’s magical setting. Naughty, tender, transgressive and surprising.

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Blind Summit were commissioned by Shakespeare's Globe to direct the Changeling Boy puppet.

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Premiere: Shakespeare's Globe, June 2016

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"A bundle of happy surprises...a Dream for the Glastonbury generation"
- Daily Mail ★★★★★

"A glory...disruptive, unnerving, highly comic...It rocks"
- The Observer ★★★★ 

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"A bloody joy, ravishing, engrossing and laugh out loud funny... Shakespeare, taken to his gloriously anarchic max"
- Time Out ★★★★ 

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"Theatrical revolution...tremendous energy and inventiveness"
- The Daily Telegraph ★★★★ 

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Evening Standard ★★★★ 

The Stage ★★★★

The Arts Desk ★★★★

WhatsOnStage ★★★★