Midsummer Review
Of all Shakespeare’s works, A Midsummer Night’s Dream holds a special place in my heart. Like so many of us, it was the first Shakespeare work I read, forced to read it in High School but ending up loving it. It is such a playful work and if done well it cannot but help draw you in, there is something about it that makes it easily accessible to everyone.
This is one production which got better, much better as it went on. Truth be told the opening scenes had me a little wary, the monochromatic costumes and hard light made it hard to connect with as an audience member, but as we entered the forest and the scenes and costumes warmed I appreciated the juxtaposition with the early part of the play.
Across the board the actors did a wonderful job, and with only a small band of actors playing all roles between them, it harked back to a merry troupe of actors travelling from town to town and performing.
Shout out to Parmeet Singh who gave a compelling performance as Lysander.
This was a thoroughly enjoyable show and would definitely recommend it to friends. My one last thought, the opening address to the audience was unnecessary; my advice: if you trust yourselves as actors and trust the audience, a speech like that is not needed, let your work speak for itself.
ARTIUM: OMNI 