Roger Chapman, Matthew Byam Shaw and Act Productions present the Dash Arts production
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tue 30 October - Sat 3 November
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Tim Supple’s acclaimed Indian production of
A Midsummer Night’s Dream combines the astonishing skills of actors, dancers, martial arts experts, musicians and street acrobats from across India and Sri Lanka.
Two years in the making, the show, commissioned and presented by the British Council, caused a sensation in India where it played Delhi, Mumbai (Bombay), Chennai (Madras) and Kolkata (Calcutta). A sell-out run at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon followed and now audiences at The Lowry can experience this breathtaking production prior to a World Tour.
With traditional live Indian music, bright and beautiful costumes and a hilarious Bottom, this stunning Dream is a theatrical event like no other. Performed in seven Indian languages and English.
Most suitable for ages 8+.

“This most magical Dream will be remembered for decades” The Daily Telegraph
“Ravishing and enchanting. Tim Supple’s all-Indian production is a Dream as you’ve never seen it” Mail on Sunday
“This is the kind of dream that leaves you rubbing your eyes and wishing that you never had to wake up” The Guardian
“Stunningly beautiful, sexy, and delightfully funny” The Independent
“It’s Shakespeare brilliantly reimagined: theatre to lose your heart to” The Times