A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM:

The play shows just us how destructive love can be and how powerful the idea of love is within characters actions and their choices, its less of a cautionary tale now though I would argue, and more a commentary on relationships in general.

Overall, the initial design concept for this production was to convey a dream like world where it feels like the morning after a huge luxurious, over the top party, where everyone is in a constant state of suspended timelessness in a slightly drunken haze. The design in the production plays a very important role in helping to convey the modern swapping of gender norms in the play, with this productions take on the classic swapping the roles of Oberon and Titania with it being Puck and Titania who trick Oberon and cause him to fall in love with Bottom, this changes the whole dynamic of the play and I feel makes it more appealing to the modern audience.