Recurring EventMidsummer Night's Dream - UK's renowned Playbox Theatre – free for one night only
midsummer nights dream - uks renowned playbox theatre free for one night only
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Date & Time

Tuesday, October 30, 2018
7:00pm - 8:45pm

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Location

Santa Monica Playhouse - The Other Space

1211 4th Street

Santa Monica, CA 90401

Contact Info

310-394-9779


theatre@SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com


For a complete list of free BFF events, please visit https://www.santamonicaplayhouse.com/thebff2018.html

A story of love, confusion, magic and wonder, Shakespeare's evergreen play has been presented across the ages in many styles and in many mediums. This production is ideal for the whole family, "Possibly the perfect Shakespeare play. Written for a wedding and celebrating love, harmony and the power of magic. With Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water currently impressing worldwide moviegoers, it is fascinating to see the power of the fable from Shakespeare's time to our own. The play has its dark elements and is full of strange magic… just imagine if the spirits of Elizabethan otherworldings could enter our world through a portal on Midsummer Night… and for a time, two dimensions co-exist beside the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica. That's our notion!" Directed by Playbox Consultant Stewart McGill, featuring a company of 26 young actors from the UK'S renowned Playbox Theatre. Playbox Theatre, Santa Monica Playhouse's sister company in the UK, is a professional creative organization developing theatre for and with young people. Based at The Dream Factory, its own custom-designed complex in Warwick, it aims to develop the skills talent and confidence of young people in the performance arts through exciting and innovative methods. Founded in 1986, Playbox serves young artists and audiences across the Warwickshire and West Midlands regions with training and performance studios supporting its main creative base. Playbox Theatre places at its heart young people as artists and audience. Midsummer Night's Dream is a free BFF Binge Fringe Festival of FREE Theatre ENCORE production. The BFF (October 15 – November 12) offers over 40 plays, workshops and family-oriented events thanks to generous grants from the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, Pearl and Bill Bordy, the Cotkin Family and Playhouse PALS. Get your free tickets by emailing education@SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com or calling 1-310-394-9779 ext 3 and then visit SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com for a complete list of events. Binge on Theatre this Fall – better than television any day!