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🌟🌟🌟🌟 "Deviant and dazzlingly imaginative" | A Midsummer Night's Dream reviews

By Anonymous (not verified) 27 Feb 2017

Director Joe Hill-Gibbins has teamed up with designer Johannes SchΓΌtz (Three Sisters) to dive into the subconscious of Shakespeare's masterpiece, giving us a nightmarish #YVDream that everyone's talking about.

See what the critics, press night guests and audiences alike have been saying in our round-up below.

YVic.MSND.2225.jpg John Dagleish and Jemima Rooper as Lysander and Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Photo by Keith Pattison.

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"Lust and violence are never far away. Delves into the collective unconscious."
The Guardian | Read the full review here

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"Deviant and dazzlingly imaginative"
The Independent | Read the full review here

 

"I loved so much about last night. All one wants is for people to speak with their souls present, and to remind usΒ that this language and the contradiction of peoples' personalities shines across 500 years."
- Fiona Shaw

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Check out what else audiences have been saying over on our Storify and catch #YVDream while tickets last at Young Vic until 1 April .