A Midsummer Night's Dream November 2, 2012

Garnet Productions
presents
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
By William Shakespeare
DIRECTED BY TAMA MATHESON

Belvedere Amphitheatre, Centennial Park
November 2 – 25

We know a bank where the wild thyme blows.
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows….

Starring Andrew Steel, Belinda Wollaston,
Anna Mowry, Madeleine Jones, Owen Little,
Robin Goldsworthy, Demitrios Sirilas & Robert Preston

Directed by Tama Matheson, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is playing at the Belvedere Amphitheatre in Centennial Parkevery Friday, Saturday and Sunday during November from Friday, 2 November until Sunday, 25 November. Taking over this annual event in Centennial Park is Garnett Productions who promise a new feel to an everlasting story.

Helena loves Demetrius, Demetrius loves Hermia, Hermia loves Lysander
The course of true love never did run smooth…

“My vision is that the strangely related states of dream and reality should become briefly and inseparably intertwined and confused resulting in a creation of the surreal. Ordinary things take on new meanings in the dream-space and beig invested with imagination turn fantastical. In such a world – the world of theatre itself- reality becomes warped and renewed by the magic of belief and we play out before a willingly transported audience the beautiful illusions that make us what we are,” said Director Tama Matheson.

In the ancient city of Athens, on the magical eve of Midsummer unfolds the messy web of forbidden love.
The determined Hermia flees from her father’s house to elope with her beloved beau, Lysander; the predatory Demetrius closely follows in the hope that he may be able to steal Hermia’s affections for himself; and the forlorn Helena follows Demetrius in the hope that her unrequited love for him may be returned.

Lost in the labyrinth of the dark of the Athenian woods, the confused lovers are thrust further into confusion as they are caught in the sensual and sorcerous crossfire of the forest sprites.

Tama Mathesonhas worked extensively in Australia and abroad. His directing credits include Amadeus, which received a Matilda Award for Best; Henry; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Much Ado About Nothing; The Tempest; and Orpheus in the Underworld. He has assisted Franco Zeffirelli(I Pagliacci), and Elijah Moshinsky’s(Lohengrin) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Ian Judge (Tannhäuser) at the Teatro Real, Madrid, the D’Oyly Carte, London (The Mikado), and The Markiinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg (The Flying Dutchman); Neil Armfield(Peter Grimes, The Makropulos Secret) in Sydney, Perth and Houston; and Gale Edwards (ManonLescaut) at Opera Australia.

Most recently seen on our screens in Home & Away, Andrew Steel is playing the role of Lysander. Anna Mowry, who has most recently appeared in Network Ten’s Reef Doctors and MakoMermaid is playing Helena. In the majestic role of Titania is Belinda Wollaston, who toured nationally with blockbuster musical, Dr Zhivago. Madeleine Jones, whose credits include the acclaimed Punk Rock earlier this year is playing Hermia. Owen Little, also most recently seen in Punk Rock is playing the fiendish Puck. NIDA graduate Robert Preston joins the cast as Demetrius. Robin Goldsworthy, who recently completed touring Capture the Flag and was seen on our television’s in ABC’sPaper Giants, plays Bottom.

Director Tama Matheson
With Andrew Steel, Anna Mowry, Belinda Wollaston, Madeleine Jones, Owen Little, Robert Preston, Demitrios Sirilas & Robin Goldsworthy
Design Anna Gardiner

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Belvedere Amphitheatre, Centennial Park (Entry via Woollahra Gates)
Dates: November 2 – 25
Times: Every Friday, Saturday & Sunday at 7.30pm
Ticket Prices: Adults $25; Children 10 and under: Free Entry
Bookings: Moshtixwww.moshtix.com.au or call the hotline on 0410 037 034