A scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream featuring actors in vibrant costumes amidst a lush forest backdrop.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Regent’s Park Open Air)

Venue

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Are you sure

That we are awake? It seems to me

That yet we sleep, we dream.

When a bitter dispute erupts in the fairy kingdom, four fleeing lovers and an unsuspecting weaver called Bottom find themselves adrift in an enchanted forest, down a path of chaos and delusion conjured by the mischievous Puck.

With desire turned upside down, hearts are won, lost, and won again in a realm of dreams where worlds intertwine and the impossible becomes a distant memory. In a blissful new production directed by Atri Banerjee (The Glass Menagerie, Royal Exchange, Julius Caesar, RSC), underscored with folk infused melodies composed by Maimuna Memon (Portia Coughlan, Almeida, The Grapes of Wrath, National Theatre), experience Shakespeare’s most spellbinding comedy as it blossoms once again in our magical outdoor setting.

Closing

18/07/2026

Running Time

TBC

Genre

Comedy, Plays

Age & Content

10+ | Children under the age of 4 will not be admitted to the venue. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult 18 or over. It remains the responsibility of the parent/guardian in advance of purchase to make their own judgement as to the suitability of the show for their child.

Please Note:

This production contains themes of misogyny and gender representation, dated and ableist language and sexual innuendo.

No accessibility performances are currently scheduled for this show.