A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Royal Shakespeare Company

‘The course of true love never did run smooth.’

Desperate to escape their unhappy fates, young lovers Demetrius, Lysander, Helena and Hermia flee Athens for the moonlit woods. There – along with a band of amateur actors – they fall under the spell of mischievous fairy Puck and tumble into a dream world where illusion and reality are hilariously confused.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the RSC’s first co-production with Unicorn Theatre, the UK’s leading children’s theatre. Unicorn’s Artistic Director Rachel Bagshaw directs Robin Belfield’s fresh retelling of Shakespeare’s classic comedy exploring unrequited love, self-discovery and seeing the world anew.