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LORD, WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE!
On a Midsummer’s night, deep in the forest, the Fairy King and Queen cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of actors rehearsing a play. The magical royal couple, along with a mischievous spritely puck, Robin Goodfellow, tamper with mortal lives, leading to love triangles, mistaken identities and transformations with hilarious, but wicked consequences…
SE Theatre Company returns to Stratford-upon-Avon with their own take on one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This fast paced, funny and dark new production promises to enchant the Bard’s fans, veteran and new alike.
The Attic Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Friday 5th August - Sunday 4th September 2022
Tickets £15/£12
CAST
Joshua Chandos
Theseus / Oberon
Credits with SE: This is Joshua’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Joshua trained at East 15 Acting School.
Credits: Friar Lawrence in Romeo + Juliet (Chelmsford Civiv Theatre; Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk (Eva Long Productions); Sam in Winter ’53 (fEast Theatre); and various roles with Performance and Education.
Joshua is also a writer. Writing credits include: Grief Encounter (Camden Fringe); A Time When That Seemed Ordinary (Southend Fringe); Knackered Bras (rehearsed reading at The Music Cafe). His newest play ‘Things That Divide Us’ runs at 53two in Manchester throughout September 2022.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream has always been Joshua’s favourite Shakespeare play. He is delighted to be performing it in such a wonderful and magical space.
Credits with SE: This is Joshua’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Joshua trained at East 15 Acting School.
Credits: Friar Lawrence in Romeo + Juliet (Chelmsford Civiv Theatre; Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk (Eva Long Productions); Sam in Winter ’53 (fEast Theatre); and various roles with Performance and Education.
Joshua is also a writer. Writing credits include: Grief Encounter (Camden Fringe); A Time When That Seemed Ordinary (Southend Fringe); Knackered Bras (rehearsed reading at The Music Cafe). His newest play ‘Things That Divide Us’ runs at 53two in Manchester throughout September 2022.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream has always been Joshua’s favourite Shakespeare play. He is delighted to be performing it in such a wonderful and magical space.
Fiona Munro
Hippolyta / Titania
Credits with SE: A Day in: Bedford; Luciana in The Comedy of Errors (Bedford & Stratford-upon-Avon).
Training: Fiona trained at Manchester School of Theatre (Man Met)
Theatre Credits: Detective Cahill in Malpractice (The Bread & Roses); Keira in Streets Apart (The Old Red Lion); Will Shakespeare in Rally for the Rose (The Rose Playhouse); Maud in Trapped (Market Theatre Hitchin); Kate in Compressions (The Old Red Lion).
Short Film: Gretel in After the End; Auntie Mal in Vile File.
Fiona is also currently working as Director and Co-Producer on ‘Faustine’ by Lucy Padwick. A new write feminist adaptation of ‘Faustus’ by Christopher Marlowe. She will also be playing Mephi in this productions debut, on 30th & 31st October at The Hope Theatre Islington.
Twitter: @Fio_Munro @LAM_Theatre
Credits with SE: A Day in: Bedford; Luciana in The Comedy of Errors (Bedford & Stratford-upon-Avon).
Training: Fiona trained at Manchester School of Theatre (Man Met)
Theatre Credits: Detective Cahill in Malpractice (The Bread & Roses); Keira in Streets Apart (The Old Red Lion); Will Shakespeare in Rally for the Rose (The Rose Playhouse); Maud in Trapped (Market Theatre Hitchin); Kate in Compressions (The Old Red Lion).
Short Film: Gretel in After the End; Auntie Mal in Vile File.
Fiona is also currently working as Director and Co-Producer on ‘Faustine’ by Lucy Padwick. A new write feminist adaptation of ‘Faustus’ by Christopher Marlowe. She will also be playing Mephi in this productions debut, on 30th & 31st October at The Hope Theatre Islington.
Twitter: @Fio_Munro @LAM_Theatre
Lucas Albion
Robin Goodfellow
Credits with SE: This is Lucas’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Lucas is currently at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Credits while training:
Credits: Freddy Eynsford-Hill in Pygmalion; Funny French Franc in Beauty and the Beast (both Tread the Boards, The Attic Theatre).
Credits with SE: This is Lucas’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Lucas is currently at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Credits while training:
Credits: Freddy Eynsford-Hill in Pygmalion; Funny French Franc in Beauty and the Beast (both Tread the Boards, The Attic Theatre).
Izzy Hulme
Philostrate / Fairy
Credits with SE: This is Izzy’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Izzy is about to begin at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Credit’s while training: Richard in Richard II; featured dancer in Aladdin.
Izzy is also a performer at Warwick Castle within their Dungeons and Princess attractions.
Izzy is a talented instrumentalist and singer, taking particular pride in her musical theatre ambitions. She is thrilled to be making her debut in such an exciting version of Shakespeare’s famous fairy comedy and can’t wait to see where it takes her.
Credits with SE: This is Izzy’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Izzy is about to begin at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Credit’s while training: Richard in Richard II; featured dancer in Aladdin.
Izzy is also a performer at Warwick Castle within their Dungeons and Princess attractions.
Izzy is a talented instrumentalist and singer, taking particular pride in her musical theatre ambitions. She is thrilled to be making her debut in such an exciting version of Shakespeare’s famous fairy comedy and can’t wait to see where it takes her.
Florence Sherratt
Hermia / Snug
Credits with SE: This is Florence’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Florence is currently at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Credits while training: Paulina in The Winters Tale; The Bride in Lorca’s Blood Wedding.
Credits: Fairy Bowbells in Beauty and the Beast (Tread the Boards, The Attic Theatre).
Florence is very excited to be part of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and has loved working with the joyous cast and crew of SE Theatre Company. Offstage, Florence spends time on her family farm in South Yorkshire and baking to feed friends and family.
Credits with SE: This is Florence’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Florence is currently at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Credits while training: Paulina in The Winters Tale; The Bride in Lorca’s Blood Wedding.
Credits: Fairy Bowbells in Beauty and the Beast (Tread the Boards, The Attic Theatre).
Florence is very excited to be part of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and has loved working with the joyous cast and crew of SE Theatre Company. Offstage, Florence spends time on her family farm in South Yorkshire and baking to feed friends and family.
Abigail Drennan
Lysandra / Pat Snout
Credits with SE: This is Abigail’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Abigail is currently at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Credits while training: Julia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Madge in Time and the Conways, Celia in Blue Stockings; Autolycus in The Winters Tale.
Credits: Belle in Beauty and the Beast (Tread the Boards, The Attic Theatre)
Abigail about to begin the third year of her Acting BA at The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and is very excited to be part of putting a different spin on a Shakespearian classic.
Credits with SE: This is Abigail’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Abigail is currently at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Credits while training: Julia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Madge in Time and the Conways, Celia in Blue Stockings; Autolycus in The Winters Tale.
Credits: Belle in Beauty and the Beast (Tread the Boards, The Attic Theatre)
Abigail about to begin the third year of her Acting BA at The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and is very excited to be part of putting a different spin on a Shakespearian classic.
Ciara Lane
Helena / Robin Starveling
Credits with SE: This is Ciara’a debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Ciara trained at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Credits: Watch 3 & Lady Macduff (understudy) in Macbeth (Tread the Boards, The Attic Theatre); The Nutcracker as Told by Four Clowns (Primary Theatre Company).
Credits with SE: This is Ciara’a debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Ciara trained at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Credits: Watch 3 & Lady Macduff (understudy) in Macbeth (Tread the Boards, The Attic Theatre); The Nutcracker as Told by Four Clowns (Primary Theatre Company).
Piers MacKenzie
Demetrius / Francis Flute
Credits with SE: This is Piers’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Academy of Music and Theatre Arts.
Credits while training: Darling You Were Marvellous!; Michael in Plastic Figurines; Richard in Richard III; Roland in Constellations; Padraic in Lieutenant of Inishmore; George Tesman in Hedda Garbler.
Credits: Come Together Project (International Schools Theatre Association, Hong Kong Academy); Ruby Moon (Adelaide Fringe); 30 x 30 (Fitzrovia Light Industries).
Born in Hong Kong, and educated in Asia, Australia and England, Piers MacKenzie has experience and training in theatre, film and television. His peripatetic lifestyle has allowed him to see different world theatre forms and to attend master classes by renowned practitioners. Most recently Piers has written, produced, and acted in his digital solo show Essential Worker.
Credits with SE: This is Piers’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Academy of Music and Theatre Arts.
Credits while training: Darling You Were Marvellous!; Michael in Plastic Figurines; Richard in Richard III; Roland in Constellations; Padraic in Lieutenant of Inishmore; George Tesman in Hedda Garbler.
Credits: Come Together Project (International Schools Theatre Association, Hong Kong Academy); Ruby Moon (Adelaide Fringe); 30 x 30 (Fitzrovia Light Industries).
Born in Hong Kong, and educated in Asia, Australia and England, Piers MacKenzie has experience and training in theatre, film and television. His peripatetic lifestyle has allowed him to see different world theatre forms and to attend master classes by renowned practitioners. Most recently Piers has written, produced, and acted in his digital solo show Essential Worker.
Luke Dyer
Nick Bottom
Credits with SE: This is Luke’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Luke is currently at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Credits while training: Alan in Tie and the Conways; Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Tiresias in The Odyssey; Mr Banks in Blue Stockings.
Twitter: @LukeDyer1997
Credits with SE: This is Luke’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: Luke is currently at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.
Credits while training: Alan in Tie and the Conways; Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Tiresias in The Odyssey; Mr Banks in Blue Stockings.
Twitter: @LukeDyer1997
Wilson McDowell
Egeus / Quince
Credits with SE: This is Wilson’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: The Lir Academy in Dublin. Wilson is currently at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and is a member of National Youth Theatre.
Credits: The Warrior of the Train (Quintessence Theatre Company); A Christmas Carol (Bright Umbrella Theatre Company); A Day with Bruiser (Bruiser Theatre Company).
Wilson is very excited to take on the roles of Peter Quince ad Egeus in SE Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of Shakespeare himself!
Instagram/Twitter: @WilsonSaysSame
Credits with SE: This is Wilson’s debut with SE Theatre Company.
Training: The Lir Academy in Dublin. Wilson is currently at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and is a member of National Youth Theatre.
Credits: The Warrior of the Train (Quintessence Theatre Company); A Christmas Carol (Bright Umbrella Theatre Company); A Day with Bruiser (Bruiser Theatre Company).
Wilson is very excited to take on the roles of Peter Quince ad Egeus in SE Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of Shakespeare himself!
Instagram/Twitter: @WilsonSaysSame
CREATIVE TEAM
Simão Vaz
Producer
Elliott Wallis
Director / Composer
Credits with SE: I, Banquo; A Day In: Bedford; The Comedy of Errors (Bedford & Stratford); Antigone; The Course of True Love.
Elliott is a Director, Composer and Sound Designer. He is Resident Music Director and Sound Designer for The Attic Theatre’s in-house company, Tread the Boards.
Credits for Tread the Boards: The Important of Being Earnest; Pygmalion; Peter Pan; Bouncers; Macbeth; Beauty and the Beast; The Hound of the Baskervilles; Alice in Wonderland; Robin Hood; Cinderella; The Wind in the Willows; Jack and the Beanstalk; The Haunting; Great Expectations; Pygmalion; The Wind in the Willows; Much Ado About Nothing; King Lear; Aladdin; The Wizard of Oz; Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Cinderella; Beauty and the Beast; A Christmas Carol; Sleeping Beauty; Macbeth; A Night at the Musicals - Hollywood; A Night at the Musicals – The Music of Disney; A Night at the Musicals – The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Other credits include: The Princess and the Dragon (Betwixt and Between, touring); Murder on the Orient Express (Chichester Festival Theatre/Theatre Royal Bath); West End for Ukraine (Charing Cross Theatre); Anyone Can Whistle (Southwark Playhouse); Jewish Hollywood (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (Betwixt and Between, touring); Florence ‘Flo’ Smith: Now and Then (touring); Comedy Chekhov (Bear Pit Theatre/Cheltenham Playhouse).
Elliott is currently working on the Theatre Royal Bath’s revival of Into the Woods.
Credits with SE: I, Banquo; A Day In: Bedford; The Comedy of Errors (Bedford & Stratford); Antigone; The Course of True Love.
Elliott is a Director, Composer and Sound Designer. He is Resident Music Director and Sound Designer for The Attic Theatre’s in-house company, Tread the Boards.
Credits for Tread the Boards: The Important of Being Earnest; Pygmalion; Peter Pan; Bouncers; Macbeth; Beauty and the Beast; The Hound of the Baskervilles; Alice in Wonderland; Robin Hood; Cinderella; The Wind in the Willows; Jack and the Beanstalk; The Haunting; Great Expectations; Pygmalion; The Wind in the Willows; Much Ado About Nothing; King Lear; Aladdin; The Wizard of Oz; Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Cinderella; Beauty and the Beast; A Christmas Carol; Sleeping Beauty; Macbeth; A Night at the Musicals - Hollywood; A Night at the Musicals – The Music of Disney; A Night at the Musicals – The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Other credits include: The Princess and the Dragon (Betwixt and Between, touring); Murder on the Orient Express (Chichester Festival Theatre/Theatre Royal Bath); West End for Ukraine (Charing Cross Theatre); Anyone Can Whistle (Southwark Playhouse); Jewish Hollywood (Upstairs at the Gatehouse); Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (Betwixt and Between, touring); Florence ‘Flo’ Smith: Now and Then (touring); Comedy Chekhov (Bear Pit Theatre/Cheltenham Playhouse).
Elliott is currently working on the Theatre Royal Bath’s revival of Into the Woods.
Kat Murray
Lighting Designer
Lucy Collins
Costume Designer
Ade Daniel
Set Design / Build
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