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Theatre

A Shakespeare play at the Globe whose best features have nothing to do with Shakespeare

5 June 2021

9:00 AM

5 June 2021

9:00 AM

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Shakespeare’s Globe, until 30 October

Villain in Tinseltown

White Bear Theatre

Back to the Globe after more than a year. The theatre has zealously maintained its pre–Covid staffing levels. On press night, there were eight sentries patrolling the forecourt where just 42 masked spectators watched a revival of Sean Holmes’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Globe describes his show as ‘raucous’.

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