By Stuart King Friday, June 6 2025, 10:46
I last saw Nick Hytner’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at Bridge Theatre back in June 2019 before the Covid pandemic was a twinkle in a Chinese lab technician’s test tube. The mysticism of Shakespeare’s woodland mayhem resonated then and remains potent, based as it is on the 1623 First Folio with circa 500 lines reassigned for modernising and comedy purposes.
Ali Goldsmith, Jemima Brown, Bella Aubin, Kat Collings in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge (Credit Manuel Harlan)
By Emmie Newitt Friday, June 6 2025, 09:35
The sold-out, critically acclaimed production which starred Doctor Who's Ncuti Gatwa will head to the West End this Autumn and will star actor and singer-songwriter Olly Alexander.
The Importance of Being Earnest Artwork Image featuring Olly Alexander. Photo by Danny Kasirye
By Emmie Newitt Thursday, June 5 2025, 16:08
The new play, based on Josephine Tey's seminal crime novel and written by playwright M. Kilburgh Reedy, will make its world premiere in London next month.
Rob Pomfret, Rachel Pickup and Jenna Fox. Headshots provided by production.
By Emmie Newitt Thursday, June 5 2025, 14:33
Directed by the Associate Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe, Sean Holmes, this raucous comedy, which follows Sir John Falstaff as he is outwitted by the two women he seeks to woo, will begin performances next month.
Emma Pallant, George Fouracres and Katherine Pearce. Headshots provided by production.
By Emmie Newitt Thursday, June 5 2025, 11:12
Bridge Theatre's smash-hit immersive production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream will officially open this evening, with its limited summer engagement continuing until 20 August.
Ali Goldsmith, Emmanuel Akwafo, Jemima Brown, Lennin Nelson-McClure, Bella Aubin in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge. Photo by Manuel Harlan.
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