The dream of a summer night

By William Shakespeare

 

Company name: Flabbergast Theatre

 

Company country: UK

 

Director: Henry Maynard

 

Distribution:

 

Reanne Black – Titatina/Snug

Nadav Burstein – Demetrius/Flute

Vyte Garriga – Helena/Snout

Simon Gleave – Fundulea/Aegean

Krystian Godlewski – Oberon

Paulina Krzeczkowska – Hermia/Gutuie

Lennie Longworth – Robin Goodfellow

Elliot Pritchard – Lysander/Starveling

 

The creative team:

 

Assistant Director – Simon Gleave 

Costumes/Design – Henry Maynard

 

Show synopsis:

 

Four Athenians run away into the forest, but the goblin Puck makes both boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest chasing each other as Puck helps his master play a prank on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry.

 

Company description:

 

Flabbergast was founded in 2010 by Henry Maynard as a way to explore his fledgling skills in the art of puppetry. The result was a crossover cabaret featuring a clown/puppet duo called Boris & Sergey. They were a hit and Flabbergast produced six shows featuring these characters. It was the second highest rated production (out of around 3500) at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performed on 5 continents including for a Saudi sheikh in the Seychelles and in support of musical artist Plan B at Shakespeare's Globe, Southbank, London . In 2015, Henry created his own solo clown show, "Tatterdemalion", which toured with Boris & Sergey for several years. In early 2020, Henry invited several actors he had worked with to form a new ensemble. They shared their knowledge to foster a culture of sharing skills and developing company members by learning new skills from others. This is and has been an attempt to create an alternative to the culture of the actor working to order, one that supports complicity, encourages creative ownership and investment in our work.

 

Director biography:

 

Henry Maynard founded the Flabbergast Theater in 2010. In 2017 he built the Omnitorium, a 100-seat venue that toured in a converted double-decker bus; for two years he hosted several shows in Edinburgh for a wide range of audience demographics and was the venue for the ACE-funded London Festival of Clowning, which he co-founded in 2016. Internationally, he performed and produced in Australia, Europe, America, Africa, Asia and his performances have won multiple awards at the Edinburgh, Mimetic, Adelaide and Prague festivals. At the Flabbergast Theatre, he strives to create artistic ensembles and is deeply committed to the creative growth of those who join the company. As an actor, he has worked with the Royal National Theater (War Horse), National Theater Scotland (Christmas Carol), Royal Opera House (Faeries), Sydney Opera House/Madison Square Gardens, Late Night with Stephen Colbert (Circus 1903), Royal Court ( That Face), Battersea Arts Center (1984), Paul McCartney (video and tour), had a major role in the multi-million pound Bollywood film (Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy), and with Sonia Friedman Productions (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ).

 

Show duration: 2 hours 15 minutes (with a break)