This year Culture Night is on Friday September 18th, and in the year of COVID-19 restrictions, we have been pushed to “evolve” to a different kind of event!
Watch our performance event online, a one-hour version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with eight actors. Previously filmed live in St Anne’s Park. See options for home activities below! Viewable here on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8gzRG7nUiM&t=1s
Our advanced actor training course could not perform on stage due to COVID-19, so we re-imagined the performance. We escaped from the theatre to film the actors in the park, running through fields, over castle bridges and into the lush forest where fairy magic and madness takes over. This edited version of Shakespeare’s classic focuses on the fairies and the mixed-up lovers.
Drama activities at home are suggested around the event for anyone at home who feels like getting dressed in their Fairy Best and participating in their own gardens!
DOWLOAD the fairy home activities documents below. We strongly encourage you to share your discoveries with us as per the instructions!
Flying Turtle Fairy Activity Pack: CultureNight2020FlyingTurtlesandFairies
Flying Turtle Fairy Colour Page: CultureNight2020FlyingTurtleFairyColorPage
VIDEO LINK TO WATCH Midsummer Night’s Dream Escapes on Youtube (will remain viewable any time):
Genres: Literature / Performance / Theatre
Features: Family Friendly
No Booking Required. This video will remain viewable.
There are many options to engage in the arts throughout Ireland on Culture Night with more details here: https://culturenight.ie/
Great! Looking forward to seeing this very much. Well done to all involved for what is sure to be an interesting re imagining of this play.
Thanks so much, Lucy! We hope that you enjoyed it! Still available to watch on the Youtube link.
This was excellent…thoroughly enjoyable thanks for the entertainment…wonder what the Bard would have said!!
Thank you Noelene! Wonderful to hear that! Glad you liked it.