Much Ado About Nothing & A Midsummers Night Dream

By William Shakespeare, Abridged by Ali De Souza

The Station, Bristol | 2025

Set against the backdrop of a rollicking music festival, our players get caught in a tangle of mistaken identities, lovers’ tiffs and mischievous sprites.

Shakespeare’s whimsical farce A Midsummer Night’s Dream follows the antics of the fairy world playing havoc with their mortal counterparts. As the hours tick by, will peace be resolved?

In Much Ado About Nothing, the sharp-tongued Beatrice and Benedick bicker and banter, whilst Hero and Claudio fall in love. As the story unfolds, misunderstandings and deception lead to a series of comedic situations. Will love conquer all?

Director - Ali de Souza⁠
Assistant Director - Florence Carr-Jones⁠
Set Designer - Bobby Joynes⁠
Costume Designer - Lillianna Bryan⁠

LX Designer & Operator - Jack Morris⁠
Production LX - Kass Goosen⁠
Sound Designer & Operator - Will Muir⁠
Costume Supervisor - Eleanor Finlay⁠
Costume Makers - Lee Dartnell, Izzy Wheeler⁠
Costume Assistants Phoenix Barnett, Ella Cunningham, Anna Mann, Alicia Sewell, Izzy Wheeler⁠
Prop Making Supervisor - Raph Hampton⁠
Prop Makers - Daisy Anthony, Raph Hampton, Eva Harris, Sam Hart, Martha Hulme, Jack McMahon, Will Muir, Kacey Purnell, Lydia Tricks, Chris Wierzbicki, Abbie Williams⁠

Construction Manager - Pat Heys⁠
Construction Assistants - Frankie Brown, Max O'Malley Mesher, Kalila Suckley⁠
Freelance Carpenters - Jude Fullwood, Tom Gould⁠
Scenic Carpenter - Andy Powell⁠
Scenic Artists - Jo Browne, Jen Stoner⁠