Dash Arts Production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, directed by Tim Supple will be staged at Chowdiah Memorial hall on January 11 (7 pm), January 12 (8 pm) and January 13 (7 pm).
A theatrical event like no other, this incredible spectacle combines the astonishing skills of 23 actors, dancers, musicians, martial arts experts and street acrobats from a hugely diverse range of locations and backgrounds across India and Sri Lanka. Performed in English, Tamil, Malayalam, Sinhalese, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi and even a little Sanskrit, the result is a passionate, energetic, thrilling and beautiful re-interpretation of the play, which casts aside familiar traditions of performing Shakespeare and replaces them with an epic, visceral and emotional power that has amazed audiences and critics in every city in which it has played.
Directed by Tim Supple and two years in the making, this British Council commissioned show has caused a sensation in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkatta and Chennai in April last year.
It has since had sell-out runs at the Roundhouse in London; Verona, and twice in Stratford upon Avon at the home of the Royal Shakespeare Company. After its triumphant run at London's Roundhouse, and a sold-out return visit to the RSC's Swan Theatre, the production, over the course of 2007, has visited Watford, Richmond, Malvern, Newcastle, Bath, Oxford, Edinburgh, Salford and Plymouth.
And now, back on home ground, Indian audiences can grab the only opportunity to watch this breathtaking production in India prior to its World Tour beginning in Australia and moving to the USA and finally Europe.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare written sometime in the 1590s. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and with fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest.
The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.
Tickets priced at Rs 500, Rs 300 and Rs 200 are available at the British Library, Reliance World Outlets (Brigade Road, CMH Road, Cunningham Road, Koramangala, Airport Road) and at the Venue: Chowdiah Memorial Hall.
