A Midsummer Night's Dream

Whale Chorus theatre company are launching their inaugural season of Shakespeare Under the Stars this summer presenting A Midsummer Night’s Dream amongst the iconic fig trees of Pacific Park. Performed by 10 local actors, and one local dog, this play is a celebration of the magic and madness of love and how the natural world can transform us and alter our ways of seeing. Performed with live music, and pre-show face painting by the fairy queen, this all ages event is one for the summer calendar not to be missed. 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, following the story of four young lovers, and a group of amateur actors, as they journey into the forest only to have Puck the fairy turn their realities into chaos and strange dreams. In Midsummer we see how love and the forces of the natural world have the power to transform; they can overcome oppressive and archaic laws, they can instil chaos and madness, and ultimately they can make us see anew.