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A wild, rough, raucous and drunken reimagining; a version of A Midsummer Night's Dream from the 1640's, originally adapted for illegal performance in pubs and back alleys whilst theatre was outlawed, over 350 years ago. "The Merry Conceited Humours of Bottom the Weaver" has remained unperformed ever since. Until now. In 1642 the Puritans overthrew the English monarchy; they beheaded the King, banned Christmas, and made all theatre illegal. But theatre didn't die. Without a stage, without costumes, without props, theatre fell into the gutters, kept alive by an array of strange, ridiculous, over-the-top, chaotic and criminal plays, which their dissolute performers called Drolls. Performed illegally in back alleys, private homes, pubs and country fairs, of these bizarre, bastardised and boisterous sketch comedies one of the most famous and most popular was an extraordinary adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, shifting Bottom to centre stage as the star, and delving even deeper into renaissance fairy folklore.T01449195878Company Owle Schreame. Director Brice Stratford. Producer Brice Stratford. Costume Amelie Rousseau. Costume Laura Romer-Ormiston. Design Laura Romer-Ormiston (puppets). Performer Brice (Bottom / Pyramus). Performer James Carney (Quince / Oberon / Duke / Prologue). Performer Dan Van Garrett (Flute / Pugg / Egaeus / Thisbe). Performer Laura Romer-Ormiston (Snug / Titania / Dutchess / Lyon). Performer Duncan Hendry (Starveling / Fairies / |Lord / Moonshine). Performer Jonathan Ashby-Rock (Snout / Fairies / Wall). Performer Marco Violino (Snout / Fairies / Wall). | |
| 31 Jul 19 to 26 Aug 19 | Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh :: V1394079992 listing details L1626596388 |
| 13 Mar 19 to 17 Mar 19 | The Vaults, Inner London :: V01067696945 listing details L01492617844 |
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