The story of Lysander and Hermia, Demetrius and Helena, four young lovers who have run away to the forest of Athens to seek freedom from the rules being imposed on them, begins like a game. And like a game the story continues; a game of misunderstandings, reversals and magical interventions, as the fairies, their queen and the rude mechanicals join in. A kind of dream, in which the imagination sanctions the most extreme and sometimes risky leaps into deepest desires, hidden eroticism and the corridors of the unconscious.
One of Shakespeare's best-known and multifaceted works returns to the National Theatre. The great Elizabethan dramatist, inspired by a fantastical Athens that gives full rein to his inexhaustible imagination, delivers an intricately plotted play in which comedy is dominant, while at the same time touching on controversial issues. Michail Marmarinos approaches the work with his own distinctive directorial reading. In his staging, which reopens the Rex Theatre, he is assisted by a highly talented cast of well-known names and bright new talents.
creation team
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Dionysis Kapsalis
Translated by -
Michail Marmarinos
Directed by -
Dimitris Kamarotos
Music composed by -
Eva Manidaki
Set design -
Dora Lelouda
Costume design -
Danai Koureta
Costume collaborator -
Fotis Nikolaou
Movement -
Giannis Drakoularakos
Lighting design -
Martha Foka
Masks -
Daphni Toli
Video-Archive photographs -
Sylvia Louliou
Assistant to the director -
Maro Tsanga
Assistant to the set designer -
Veriko Mgeladze
Costume collaborator
cast
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Angelos Papadimitriou
Theseus -
Giorgos Biniaris
Egeus -
Nikos Kouris
Lysander -
Argyris Pantazaras
Demetrius -
Evgenia Dimitropoulou
Philostrate -
Giannis Voyiatzis
Peter Quince -
Panagiotis Papaioannou
Nick Bottom -
Elektra Nikolouzou
Francis Flute -
Giorgos Kritharas
Tom Snout -
Haris Tsitsakis
Snug -
Giorgos Biniaris
Robin Starveling -
Dioni Kourtaki
Hippolyta -
Ioanna Pappa
Hermia -
Ioanna Tsirigouli
Helena -
Periklis Moustakis
Oberon -
Dioni Kourtaki
Titania -
Evi Saoulidou
Puck -
Foivos Rimenas
Fairies