Nicholas Hytner’s immersive adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy returns for a limited summer run.
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"It’s a play in which the whimsical and the serious intertwine and joy prevails."
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"The finest Dream I’ve seen – stir wonder again; even if you’re re-encountering the show, it still seems fresh and strange, a shared reverie you never want to end."
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"It’s beautifully staged and acted, thought provoking, technically brilliant, and ends up with a party."
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"Hytner and team have given the piece an added pep that one hopes will convert a new generation to theatre-going, even if what they are seeing is drama-as-play."
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"There’s a full-throated and infectious sense of collective fun to proceedings that ensures we all take Puck’s proffered hand of friendship as we dance out into the night."
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"Here is a revival whose acrobatic splendour and joy factor resoundingly justifies its return."
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"The immersive setup brings the audience into the midst of the play’s shapeshifting unreality among a comedy-gold cast of magical characters."
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This is hardly as radical as it seems to want to position itself, but director Nick Hytner... and his fellow creative team of designers... keep the show fast and fluid, fun and occasionally surprising.'
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