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Running time: Doors: 6pm. Approx. running time: Act 1 1: 50mins, 20 minute interval, Act 2: 50mins, 15 minute interval, Act 3: 55mins, total run time: 3hrs 10mins
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Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult aged 18+
Sung in English with English subtitles
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Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream follows Shakespeare’s play closely.
Oberon and Tytania, King and Queen of the Fairies, are in the middle of a raging domestic row. So to get his own way, Oberon orders his loyal spirit Puck to sprinkle Tytania’s eyes with the juice of a magical flower while she sleeps — it will cause her to fall in love with the first creature she sees.
Meanwhile in the human realm, there is a ‘love square’. Hermia is wanted by both Lysander and Demetrius, and Helena by neither. So Oberon intervenes, ordering Puck to use the same magic potion, this time on Demetrius. But the fairy gets the wrong man — one tiny error, and total chaos ensues…
Caught up in all of this is poor Bottom — one of six craftsmen and amateur actors — who gets made an ass of!
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The Arts DeskA Midsummer Night’s Dream pre-show talk
Wednesday 20 November
Nelson’s Studio 6.00pm-6.30pm (Located in the Royal Concert Hall)
Places are FREE but need to be booked in advance through our Box Office on 0115 989 5555.
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