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Eleanor Rhode directs a modern version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, starring Mathew Baynton of Horrible Histories and Ghosts fame as Bottom, the fool who becomes one of several victims of fairy mischief. But, in a delightful twist, the star of the show is Puck, who was played by Premi Tamang due to the indisposition of Rosie Sheehy.

Shakespeare’s comedy gets a touching revival

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Over the last few years, British theatre has gone crazy for special effects: Stranger Things: The First Shadow and The Time Traveller’s Wife are just two recent West End shows where magic is a big part of the draw. That trend finds an appropriate home in this new RSC production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a play whose fairies and dreamlike sequences should prove fertile ground for illusion director John Bulleid – who also worked on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child &#x2013...

Mathew Baynton will be making his Royal Shakespeare Company debut as Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Ghosts star Mathew Baynton to make his RSC debut - As Bottom in A Midsummer Nights Dream.

The latest production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream features Mathew Baynton in what the actor calls ‘an absolute treat of a role’

The Ghosts star is making his RSC debut

Erica Whyman has revealed her final season of work as acting artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.