A Midsummer Night's Dream (2013)
| Play dates | 16th & 17th of April |
About
Shakespeare meets The Beatles! The writing team of “Project Unknown” turned the original play into a delightful 1960s comedy, but keeping the original text for the ‘play-in-the-play’ which had the audiences in stitches!
A forest arose on the stage, beautifully backlit by LED-strips, and with Oberon’s VW minivan as the eye-catcher: lovingly crafted by a team of students and inspired by the design of The Beatles’s Yellow Submarine.
Costumes, too, were made by the Company, with some maternal assistance: proper 1960s dresses that are still put to good use in drama activities at school.
Plot
The Company’s version of Shakespeare’s romantic, fantastic comedy moves the action from ancient Athens to a school newly opened in 1968 (just like Cobbenhagen): the teachers are planning a feast and a ragtag group of students are planning a play for the feast. Hermia and Lysander are planning to run away because her mother do not want them to be together. Just like the students rehearsing their play, they move into the forest next to the school, followed by Demetrius who has his eyes on Hermia; and he in turn is followed by Helena, who is completely in love with him.
In the forest their paths will cross each other and that of Oberon, King of the Fairies, who is trying to get even with his Queen, Titania. Oberon’s helper Puck stirs things up quite a bit, but all’s well that ends well and the young lovers and the teachers witness the disastrously funny performance of “The Tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe”.
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Cast & Crew
The Cast
| The Lovers | |
| Hermia | Lara Lanslots |
| Lysander | Sem Elands |
| Helena | Nachenthaly Francisco |
| Demetrius | Hajco Bodewes |
| The Fairies | |
| Puck | Pien de Kruijf |
| Oberon | Ivar van der Steen |
| Titania | Merugia Vrede |
| Peaseblossom | Evelien Lommers |
| Cobweb | Lissa de Gouw |
| Moth | Alissa Pruijt |
| Mustardseed | Sabine Mateijsen |
| The Actors | |
| Nick Bottom (Pyramus) | Stijn Riemen |
| Peter Quince | Sander Akkermans |
| Franny Flute (Thisbe) | Marieke van Zoelen |
| Tammy Snout (Wall) | Kimbly Pullens |
| Snug (Lion) | Stan Coomans |
| Robin Starveling (Moonshine) | Brigitte Geerman |
| The Teachers | |
| Hippolyta | Loes Houweling |
| Theseus | Gido van Gijsel |
| Philostrate | Pilar Kurban |
| Mrs Egeus, Hermia's mother | Gwenda Haans |
The Crew
| Director | Thessa van Aerde |
| Art director | Jeanne Kneuse |
| Light and sound | Joep van Zoelen & Lex Willems |
| Costumes | Mijke Akkermans, Marlies Akkermans, Tamara Frooman, Pilar Kurban |
| Stage design | Sander Boelaars, Imke van den Brand, Alperen Elver, Jeroen van Meurs, Ton Sips |
| Hair & make-up | Rikkie Nitsche, Leeuwelijn Verwijst, Janine van Oers |
| Props | Jasmijn van Pelt Camila Soria |
| PR | Robin Bredo, Femke van Disseldorp |
| Graphic design | Sander Akkermans, Stijn Riemen |
| VW Van built by | Sander Akkermans, Stan Coomans, Pien de Kruijf, Alissa Pruijt, Stijn Riemen |