A Midsummer Nights Dream
The New Muse @ Reconnect Howden Park, Livingston
Reconnect Theatres present Shakespeares hilarious comedy “A Midsummer Nights Dream”, directed by Sam Stuart Fraser.
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, residents of Athens mix with fairies from a local forest, with comic results. Four young Athenians are in a romantic tangle. Lysander and Demetrius love Hermia; she loves Lysander and her friend Helena loves Demetrius. All four young Athenians end up in the woods, where Puck, who serves the fairy king Oberon, puts flower juice on the eyes of Lysander, and then Demetrius, unintentionally causing both to love Helena. Oberon, who is quarreling with his wife, Titania, uses the flower juice on her eyes. She falls in love with Bottom, who now, thanks to Puck, wears an ass’s head. As the lovers sleep, Puck restores Lysander’s love for Hermia, so that now each young woman is matched with the man she loves. Oberon disenchants Titania and removes Bottom’s ass’s head. The two young couples join the royal couple in getting married, and Bottom rejoins his friends to perform the play.
Dates(s): Thursday 08 – Saturday 10 October 2026
Time(s): 7:30pm, 2:30pm (Saturday Only)
Ticket Cost: from £20 + BF
