On Shakespeare’s birthday, The Bridge Theatre in London has announced full casting for its revival of Nicholas Hytner’s immersive production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream will play at the Bridge Theatre from 31 May to 20 August 2025.
Previously announced casting includes JJ Feild (Little Disasters, Austenland, Captain America) as Oberon/Theseus, Susannah Fielding (The Merchant of Venice, This Time with Alan Partridge) as Titania/Hippolyta, Emmanuel Akwafo (For the Black Boys…, Sex Education) as Bottom, and David Moorst (Killing Eve, Blitz) as Puck/Philostrate.
They will be joined by Paul Adeyefa (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as Demetrius, Hilson Agbangbe (Wonderboy) as Starveling, Bella Aubin (Macbeth) as Peasebottom, Jemima Brown (Why Am I So Single?) as Fairy, Nina Cassells (Swive ) as Hermia, Kat Collings (The Lion King ) as Moth, Adam Cunis (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as understudy, Ali Goldsmith (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812) as Cobweb, Hollie Hales (Henry V) as understudy, Molly Hewitt-Richards (The Secret Garden) as Snug, Felicity Montagu (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as Quince, Lennin Nelson-McClure (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as Mustardseed, Jem Rose as Snout, Dominic Semwanga as Flute, Lily Simpkiss as Helena, Divesh Subaskaran (Life of Pi) as Lysander and David Webber (Small Island) as Egeus.
Joining David Moorst in reprising their roles from the 2019 production are Paul Adeyefa, Felicity Montagu, Lennin Nelson-McClure and Adam Cunis.
Directed by Nicholas Hytner, the creative team also includes design by Bunny Christie, who won an Evening Standard Theatre award for the show, costumes by Christina Cunningham with additional costumes by Bunny Christie, lighting by Bruno Poet, sound design by Paul Arditti, music by Grant Olding and movement by Arlene Phillips, co-director and co-movement director James Cousins, and hair & makeup design by Susanna Peretz.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream was first produced at the Bridge Theatre in 2019. Its immersive format, which allows 400 people to stand close to the action with 670 seats wrapped around, enabled over 100,000 people to see the production six years ago.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is running at the Bridge Theatre from 31 May to 20 August 2025.
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