Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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"There's a lot of hate, there's love, there's lust...there's so much going on with these characters."

Cast members Hassan Najib, Tara Tijani and Sam Thorpe-Spinks talk through our production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Suba Das.

by William Shakespeare

Suba Das - director
Grace Smart - designer
Ed Lewis - composer
Lucy Cullingford - movement director
Jack Stevens - lighting designer
Thomas Dixon - sound designer

Cast
Puck - Charlie Beck
Lysander - Levi Brown
Egeus/Philostrate - David Buttle*
Helena - Grace Cooper Milton
Quince/Peaseblossom - Caitlin Ffion Griffiths
Titania/Snout - Kitty Hawthorne
Hippolyta/Cobweb - Genevieve Lewis
Oberon/Starveling - Hassan Najib
Theseus/Moth - Felix Newman
Demetrius - Sonny Pilgrem
Snug/Mustardseed - Millie Smith
Bottom - Sam Thorpe-Spinks
Hermia - Tara Tijani
Flute - Nia Towle
*Guildhall Acting Graduate 2020

Production Team
Scenic Carpenter - Zoe Bridger
Assistant Carpenters - Charlotte Cross, Robbie Lynch, India Mills
Costume Supervisor - Tara Boland
Wardrobe Manager - Livvy Meeks
Costume Assistants - Amy Hill, Livvy Meeks, Kate Stockwell
Production Electrician - Molly Barron
Chief Electrician - Aled Roberts
Lighting Programmer - Jonathan Chan
Production Manager - Natalya Scase
Technical Manager - Sami Barqawi
Technical Assistant - Rosie Roberts
Prop Maker - Max Rodriguez-Thorp
Assistant Prop Makers - Mary Deakes, Chloe Rushbrook
Scenic Artist - Rose Bailey
Assistant Scenic Artists - Dani Diego, Allegra Totaro-Wainwright
Production Sound Engineer - Anja Urban
Sound Operator - Em Dethick-Jones
Video Designer - Emma Horne
Stage Manager - Samantha Liquorish
Deputy Stage Manager - Laura Alexander-Smith
Assistant Stage Managers - Olivia Hilton-Foster, Emily Robertson, Matthew Servant
Book Cover - Samuel Dawson

Additional Production Staff
Assistant Director - Helena Snider
Production Managers - Michael Cunningham, Bob Holmes