One of Shakespeare’s most popular plays is coming to the stage at Douglas College.
The college’s departments of theatre and stagecraft are presenting A Midsummer Night’s Dream, onstage March 17 to 24 at the Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre.
Thrasso Petras directs the cast in a production that promises to explore the darker complications of the play and reconcile them against the light and humour that is also prevalent.
“Shakespeare doesn’t shrink away from the shadowy aspects of love and lust,” Petras said in a press release, noting that an impressive performance of the play in Munich inspired him to take on the production. “What made the play so compelling was that the performances, especially of the lovers, were so visceral and so muscular that there was no mistaking their intention, desire and need. It also highlighted that there is a very dark aspect to the play.”
The cast includes theatre students Noah Oryema, Alexandra Butler, Colin Amor, Blake Hobson-Dimas, Frances Rose Warwick, Ashley Chodat, Arjun Panesar, Christian Krushel, Chloe MacDonald-Comely and Sargil Tongol, plus alumni Allie Melchert, Michael Bernard and Madelyn Osborne.
The Laura C. Muir theatre is on the fourth floor north at Douglas College’s New Westminster campus, 700 Royal Ave. Tickets are $20 general, or $10 for students and seniors, available through www.brownpapertickets.com.
