A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
A unique and epic international collaboration, the “Indian Dream” commissioned by the British Council incorporated an Indian and Sri Lankan cast and crew with a multilingual text, directed by Tim Supple.
“A production that’s already entered the annals of theatrical history”
“The most magical, fantastical Dream that will be remembered for decades”
Combining live traditional music with acrobatics, folk performers with realistic actors and traditional dance with contemporary movement, it opened in Delhi in 2006. It went on to tour four major cities in India, and enjoyed huge success at the RSC’s Complete Works Festival in Stratford upon Avon and the Verona festival on Midsummer’s night.
In 2007 the Indian Dream returned for a sell out six-week run at the Roundhouse in London followed by a four-week return to the RSC in Stratford upon Avon and a 10 week UK tour supported by the Arts Council England. In 2008 it returned to India and went on to enjoy great success in Australia, the USA and Canada.
Read the programme here.
See reviews and press cuttings here.
See full cast and crew list here.
“Vivid, fierce and violently sensual, this is the best midsummer night’s dream I’ve ever seen.”
TOUR DATES
Delhi
Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
1st - 3rd April 2006
Mumbai
MMRDA Grounds
10th - 12th April 2006
Chennai
Buck's Theatre
19th - 21st April 2006
Kolkata
Tollygunge Club Ltd
28th - 30th April 2006
Stratford-upon-Avon
The Complete Works Festival, The Swan Theatre
7th-17th June 2006
London
The Roundhouse Theatre
10th March - 21st April 2007
Stratford-upon-Avon
The Swan Theatre
28th April - 19th May 2007
Watford
Watford Palace Theatre
10th - 15th September 2007
Richmond
Richmond Theatre
18th - 22nd September 2007
Malvern
Malvern Festival Theatre
25th - 29th September 2007
Newcastle
Newcastle Theatre Royal
2nd - 6th October 2007
Bath
Bath Theatre Royal
9th - 13th October 2007
Oxford
Oxford Playhouse
16th - 20th October 2007
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Kings
23rd - 27th October 2007
Salford
The Lowry
30th - 3rd November 2007
Plymouth
Plymouth Theatre Royal
6th - 10th November 2007