A Midsummer Night’s Dream
On the Summer Solstice, Saturday 21 June
To help raise funds for the Food Forest Project’s new community farm in Wedmore, we are putting on a special performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream outdoors in the beautiful grounds of the farm. The farm grows free fresh food for local food banks, as well as hosting social and environmental programmes and much more. You can find out all about the farm at their website https://www.wedmorevillagefarm.co.uk
Bottom, Titania, Puck and the Fairies
The theme of the play is love. Love aspiring to and consummated in marriage. A rather humdrum and overworked theme in literature? A bit boring, even? So, what does the greatest playwright the world has ever known do with such a theme? He turns it into anarchic, farcical fun, of course, sprinkled with his usual genius for poetic dialogue.
On Midsummer’s Night, by the light of a mystical moon, four rebellious young lovers, a band of horny-handed artisans turned ambitious amateur performers, and a feuding Fairy King and Queen, all cross paths in a riotously enchanted forest. When Oberon, the Fairy King orders Puck, his mischief-making hobgoblin, to cast spells on his rebellious Queen, Titania, and also on the four young lovers, he sets in train a magic mayhem.
All hell breaks loose as the natural and the supernatural are turned upside down and inside out; the forest’s new inhabitants are in for a wild and unsettling night of love, jealousy and utter confusion… and will the artisans succeed in putting on their amateur production at the wedding of Duke Theseus and Queen Hippolyta, or will it end up as a complete farce?
There will be 2 performances only, one in the afternoon and one in the early evening. The action will take place on the Farm’s brand new stage and seating will be informal – bring your own folding chairs to watch the show.
Our plans for Autumn 2025
We have set the dates for our 2025 Autumn Productions which are:
- 27th, 28th and 29th November
If you have any suggestions about suitable shows, and if you would like to get involved please let us know.