A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

Woodward Theatre, QUT Brisbane

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER Peta Downes

CAST Christopher Beckey, Janice Burns, Melinda Butel, Martin Challis, Shawn Corbett, Paul Cotter, Paul Denny, Caroline Dunphy, James Kable, Jason Klarwein, Cassandra O'Donnell, James Row, Bradley Whitten, and Max Witsenhuysen.

PRODUCTION MANAGER Brett Howe

STAGE MANAGER Adam White

DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER Crysallis Burgos

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS Alison Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth Lotocki and Kym Morris

PRODUCTION DESIGNER Lili Thompson

LIGHTING DESIGNER Brett Howe

SOUND DESIGNERS Claire Arnold and Mara Coulter

MUSICAL DIRECTOR Phil Kelly

MUSICIANS Ross Anderson, Phil Kelly and Robert Monson

MARKETING & PUBLICITY Emma Brown

POSTER PHOTOGRAPHY Christopher Houghton

SYNOPSIS

Helena loves Demetrius but Demetrius loves Hermia, and Hermia loves Lysander. When Egeus complains to the Duke of Athens about her daughter's disobedience in rejecting Demetrius, Hermia is threatened with death and decides to elope with Lysander to the forest. Desperate for Demetrius' attention, Helena tells him of Hermia's flight and they follow them both in hot pursuit. Add a feud between the King and Queen of the Fairies, the antics of mischievous hobgoblin Puck, and the hopeless rehearsals of a hapless group of amateur actors, and the four lovers find themselves in a fever dream where roles are reversed and childhood friendships abandoned to hilarious chaos.

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