In 1920s Style

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

This production would be set in a 1920s jazz club. The Athenians leave the respectable part of Athens and venture into “The Forest” a speakeasy inhabited by the fairy people. There, the mortals are affected by the atmosphere of this magical world and the alcohol that comes with it. These designs represent a sampling of the colour palette for each group in the play. The audience forms a vital part of the jazz club atmosphere by sitting and drinking at cabaret tables integrated into the playing space. Like sprites in nature, these fairies wear reds and golds that make them so much a part of the richly decorated speakeasy the Athenians only see an astonishing foreign world and not individual magical creatures.
Oberon: King of the Fairies
Titania: Queen of the Fairies
Puck: Oberon’s servant
Hippolyta: Queen of the Amazons 		Helena: Young Athenian in love with Demetrius
Hermia: Young Athenian in love with Lysander
Bottom: Weaver in acting troop
Quince: Carpenter in charge of the acting troop