A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bridge Theatre)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bridge Theatre)
Ends Aug 20 2h 45m London: London Bridge
94% 70 reviews
94%
(70 Ratings)
Positive
93%
Mixed
4%
Negative
3%
Members say
Entertaining, Funny, Great acting, Delightful, Clever

About the Show

Nicholas Hytner’s immersive adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy returns for a limited summer run.

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Critic Reviews (17)

London Theatre
June 6th, 2025

"It’s a play in which the whimsical and the serious intertwine and joy prevails."
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The Telegraph (UK)
June 6th, 2025

"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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The London Evening Standard
June 6th, 2025

"It’s beautifully staged and acted, thought provoking, technically brilliant, and ends up with a party."
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The Arts Desk
June 10th, 2025

"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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WhatsOnStage
June 6th, 2025

"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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The Stage (UK)
June 6th, 2025

"Here is a revival whose acrobatic splendour and joy factor resoundingly justifies its return."
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The Guardian (UK)
June 6th, 2025

"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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London Theatre
June 12th, 2019
For a previous production

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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