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Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bridge, London
On Tuesday P & I went to see Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bridge (which is conveniently a 15 min walk from me, now they've re-opened the St Saviour's footbridge), and it was AWESOME.
(Note: I don't think 'spoilers' really apply for a 400+ year old play, but I'm going to talk about staging details & at least one significant script decision & so on, so if you are going to see it and want to come to that stuff fresh, don't read on.)
( tldr: loved it )
Overall though it just felt really fun, and immersive (even from the seats), and magical. As they got to the last few speeches I found myself feeling genuinely sad that I was going to have to leave this place they'd created -- and it did feel like leaving, not just sadness that the story was coming to an end. I'd very happily go back again (I mean, I probably won't, because time & money are constraints and there's lots of theatre to see, but I would).
(Note: I don't think 'spoilers' really apply for a 400+ year old play, but I'm going to talk about staging details & at least one significant script decision & so on, so if you are going to see it and want to come to that stuff fresh, don't read on.)
( tldr: loved it )
Overall though it just felt really fun, and immersive (even from the seats), and magical. As they got to the last few speeches I found myself feeling genuinely sad that I was going to have to leave this place they'd created -- and it did feel like leaving, not just sadness that the story was coming to an end. I'd very happily go back again (I mean, I probably won't, because time & money are constraints and there's lots of theatre to see, but I would).