Tymescythe Theatre Presents

A Midsummer Nights Dream

18-24 June 2024 | The Theatre in the Church

Directed by Tom Fynn

Associate Director: Ian Ash-Matthews

Costumes: Sue McNeil | Ceri Baker | Bath Theatrical

Music: The Tymescythe Theatre Band

We present William Shakespeare’s classic of magic and transformation - over five midsummer nights.

The lovers bring their troubles to the enchanted woods. Magical encounters deepen their confusion. The mischievous spirit Puck revels in the chaos, laughing with us at their desperate reversals.

A group of aspiring actors come to the woods to rehearse their rustic play. They are haunted and fly in terror, leaving their leading man, Bottom, transformed with an ass’s head. Alone but defiantly unafraid, Bottom then encounters the Queen of the Fairies…

The magical journey continues through the fascinating, the grotesque and the sublime. But all hurts will be healed and everything made well again.