A Midsummer Night's Dream at Joseph Rowntree Theatre York

Four Forty Theatre tackles A Midsummer Night’s Dream with its trademark mix of irreverence, wit and theatrical ingenuity. Lovers are enchanted, fairies feud and a troupe of hapless players rehearse their way into disaster — all in a single moonlit night.
Celebrated for inventive staging, breakneck character changes and playful dismantling of tradition, Four Forty breathes fresh mischief into Shakespeare’s best-loved comedy. The result is part affectionate homage, part riotous reinvention: clever, chaotic and utterly alive. It’s a dream performed with wit turned sharp and imagination turned loose.
This is Shakespeare, but with Four Forty.