Lord Mayor in Shakespearean comedy
LEONGATHA Lyric Theatre’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be set in the 1970s Australian rural town of Athens, where the locals affectionately refer to their Lord Mayor, Theseus, as “The Duke”.
A group of tradesmen decide to present a play as part of the Duke’s wedding festivities.
While he is preparing for his wedding to the beautiful Hippolyta, he is asked by a concerned mother (Egeusse) to intervene in what she considers is an inappropriate marriage proposal to her daughter.
This daughter becomes entangled in a love ‘quadrangle’ with her three young friends and they venture into the forest one moonlit summer night.
After taunting them, a forest creature called Puck applies magic drops and the four young lovers happily pair off, marry and presumably live happily ever after.
Add to this a squabble between Oberon and Titania (the fairy king and queen) and you have a multilayered and very amusing comedy.
With a cast of 30 talented actors of all ages, this show is sure to entertain the whole family.
There will be five evening and four matinee performances from September 23 to October 2.
Tickets are $25/$15 and available online at www.lyrictheatre.net.au or the box office (now open) at Great Southern Outdoors, 1 Bair Street, Leongatha, from Thursday to Friday, 11am to 3pm, and Saturday, 10am to noon. Phone 0490 525482.
In character: from left, rehearsing their parts for Leongatha Lyric Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, were Melita Tough (Hippolyta), Michael Hogan (Lord Mayor/ The Duke) and Leanne Crimp (Egeusse).
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Posted by Tayla Kershaw on Sep 13 2016. Filed under Arts & Entertainment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
