A Midsummer Night's Dream Tickets

A Midsummer Night’s Dream in London

Step into a dream this winter as Shakespeare’s most beloved comedy play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream comes to Bankside and the Globe’s Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. When four quarrelling young lovers flee into the forest, they become tangled up in the drama of the fairy king and queen. Shakespeare’s riotous romance takes a darker turn than ever before in the candlelit majesty of the Sam Wanamaker theatre - book your tickets for this thrilling new production today!

What is the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream about?

"Out of this wood do not desire to go. Thou shalt remain here, whether thou wilt or no."

In a society dominated by tyrannical rule, four young lovers - Hermia, Helena, Demetrius and Lysander - escape the city walls to seek refuge in the forest. But little do they know a fierce battle rages in the woods, as the Fairy Queen, Titania, and the Fairy King, Oberon, fight for custody of one of their changelings - a child stolen from the mortal world.

As the Fairy monarchs’ jealousy rages on, Oberon’s mischievous fairy servant Puck casts diabolical spells over the forest - and the young lovers. Day becomes night, and the lines between reality and illusion blur as an out-of-season snowstorm begins to fall. Is this a midsummer night’s dream… or a midsummer nightmare?

This co-production between innovative theatre company Headlong and Shakespeare’s Globe shines a light on the darker corners of Shakespeare's most performed comedy and marks the play's first staging in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

Headlong are a critically acclaimed theatre company, renowned for their boundary-pushing and innovative productions, from reimaginings of classics to exciting new work. Their best-known productions include People, Places & Things, Best of Enemies, 1984 and Enron. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the second collaboration between The Globe and Headlong, following their smash-hit 2022 production of Henry V.

Who are the cast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

Casting for this production is to be announced.

Who are the creative team of A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is written by William Shakespeare and co-directed by Naeem Hayat and Holly Race Roughan.

Hayat is an actor and director, and a former Resident Associate Director for Shakespeare’s Globe. His credits include SEEN for Pentabus Theatre and Burnt at the Stake for Shakespeare’s Globe, as well as assistant-directing credits on King Lear, The Tempest, The Comedy of Errors and Much Ado About Nothing as Globe Associate Director. Hayat and Race Roguhan have previously worked together on Headlong and The Globe’s co-production of Henry V.

Race Roughan is the Artistic Director of Headlong. Her credits for Headlong include People Places and Things with the National Theatre, Corrinna Corinna with Liverpool Everyman, The House Party with Chichester Festival Theatre and The New Real with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Other credits include Metamorphoses for Shakespeare's Globe, Clickbait for Theatre 503 and Prurience for the Southbank Centre and the Guggenheim, New York.

Tickets for A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Globe

You won’t want to miss this bold new version of Shakespeare's much-loved play. This production shines a (candle)light on the sinister underbelly of the beloved romantic comedy. So don’t have a nightmare - secure your tickets for A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse today.