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  • Venue Bridge Theatre, London
  • Performance dates Booking to 20 August 2025
  • Age guidelines 5+

Experience Shakespeare’s most enchanting comedy like never before, as Nicholas Hytner’s five-star production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns to London’s Bridge Theatre for a strictly limited summer run.

Step into a spellbound forest where mischievous fairies, romantic entanglements, and moonlit magic collide in this critically acclaimed reimagining of Shakespeare’s timeless tale. Directed by Nicholas Hytner (The History Boys, One Man, Two Guvnors), this immersive production transforms the Bridge Theatre into an otherworldly dreamscape filled with “flying fairies, contagious fogs and moonlight revels.”

Immersive Staging at Its Best

Audiences are invited to choose between traditional seating or the unforgettable immersive experience, where groundling ticket holders can follow the action on foot, wrapped in the heart of the story as it unfolds all around them.

Award-Winning Creative Team

Bunny Christie’s breathtaking set design – a winner of the Evening Standard Theatre Award – brings the enchanted woodland vividly to life, combining bold visuals and imaginative staging to captivate all ages.

A Spellbinding Cast

The production stars an exceptional cast, including:

  • JJ Feild (Captain America, Austenland) as Oberon/Theseus
  • Susannah Fielding (This Time with Alan Partridge, The Merchant of Venice) as Titania/Hippolyta
  • Emmanuel Akwafo (For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide…, Sex Education) as Bottom
  • David Moorst (Killing Eve, Blitz) as Puck/Philostrate

Performance Dates

A Midsummer Night’s Dream plays at the Bridge Theatre, London, from 31 May to 20 August 2025.

Return to the forest this summer – a dream world of ying fairies, contagious fogs and moonlight revels. The seating is wrapped around the action while the immersive tickets allow the story to be followed on foot.

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Stars and Creatives

Who is in the cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

Starring JJ Feild as Oberon/Theseus, Susannah Fielding as Titania/Hippolyta, Emmanuel Akwafo as Bottom, David Moorst as Puck/Philostrate, Paul Adeyefa as Demetrius, Hilson Agbangbe as Starveling, Bella Aubin as Peasebottom, Jemima Brown as Fairy, Nina Cassell as Hermia, Kat Collings as Moth, Adam Cunis as understudy, Ali Goldsmith as Cobweb, Hollie Halesas understudy, Molly Hewitt-Richards as Snug, Felicity Montagu as Quince, Lennin Nelson-McClure as Mustardseed, Jem Rose as Snout, Dominic Semwanga as Flute, Lily Simpkiss as Helena, Divesh Subaskaran as Lysander and David Webber as Egeus.

Who are the creative team of A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

Writer – William Shakespeare
Director – Nicholas Hytner
Production Designer – Bunny Christie
Costume Designer – Christina Cunningham
Additional Costumes – Bunny Christie
Movement Director – Arlene Phillips
Composer – Grant Olding
Lighting Designer – Bruno Poet
Sound Designer – Paul Arditti
Hair & Makeup Designer – Susanna Peretz
Fight Director – Kate Waters
Co Director & Co Movement Director – James Cousins
Associate Director – Amy Milburn
Design Associate – Verity Sadler
Associate Lighting Designer – Warren Letton
Associate Sound Designer – Charlie Smith
Voice and Text Coach – Jeannette Nelson
Circus Captain – Lennin Nelson-McClure
Dance Captain – Jemima Brown
Rehearsal Music Director – Martin Lowe
Casting Director – Robert Sterne
Costume Supervisor – Zeb Lalljee
Props Supervisor – Lily Mollgaard
Production Managers – Patrick Molony & Chris Easton

Important Notes

Photos & Videos: 2019 production

Immersive Tickets: Please note, patrons with standing tickets will be standing for the duration of the show and you may be required to move around the performance space during the show. Standing tickets will be required to leave all coats and bags in the cloakroom provided.

Age guidance: Ages 5+. Children under 16 must be accompanied by a ticket holder aged 18+. Under 11s must have a seated ticket and will not be permitted in the standing area.

Venue Information

Bridge Theatre , 3 Potters Fields Park, London, SE1 2SG

Nearest Tube or Train: London Bridge (National Rail, Northern and Jubilee lines)

Nearest Buses: RV1, 47, 343, 381, 42, 78, 188

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Critics' reviews of A Midsummer Night’s Dream

★★★★★ "I can't remember enjoying a Dream more" - Evening Standard (2025)

★★★★ "Turbo-charged and full of surprises" - The Times (2025)

★★★★ "Nicholas Hytner’s riotously OTT ‘Dream’ is just as much fun the second time around" - TimeOut (2025)

★★★★ "Exhilarating revival...as joyous and sprightly as ever " - Financial Times (2025)

★★★★ "Bawdy, uninhibited mischief... comedy-gold cast of magical characters" - Guardian (2025)

★★★★★ "This is the most accomplished Shakespeare production of [Nicholas Hytner's] I’ve ever encountered" - Telegraph (2019)

★★★★★ "Could be the most joyously affirmative Shakespeare production I’ve ever seen" - Metro (2019)

★★★★★ "Five stars might not be enough" - Observer (2019)

★★★★ "A warm, exuberant celebration of the transforming power of love" - Financial Times (2019)

★★★★ "Glorious" - TimeOut (2019)

Frequently Asked Questions

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is playing at the Bridge Theatre in London
The age recommendations for A Midsummer Night’s Dream are: 5+
Yes, A Midsummer Night’s Dream has matinee performances on the following days: Thursday, Saturday
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