Child Friendly Shakespeare at the Queen's Theatre in Barnstaple

A musical Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare 4 Kidz is coming to the Queen's Theatre in Barnstaple. 

Fairies and fun, royalty and

romance, magic and misunderstandings: A Midsummer Night’s Dream has them

all and more. So, little wonder this enchanting play is one of the most popular

ever written.

The Bard’s comedy gets a

magical transformation from Shakespeare 4 Kidz, whose musical version has

proved a huge hit every time it has toured. There are songs, dances and

lots of spellbinding effects as the fairies create a world of wonder in the

woods.  Every S4K show uses the whole

Shakespearean plot but uses only the most famous original lines and slots them

into modern language so that everyone – even the youngest primary school

children – can understand.

This child-friendly version of the

play visits the Queen’s Theatre in Barnstaple

for four shows in October. Performances are at 1.30pm and 7.30pm on Monday

October 18 and 10am and 1.30pm on Tuesday October 19.

A galaxy of S4K

celebrity fans have already sent good luck messages for the show:

Dame

Judi Dench: (Titania at

the Rose in Kingston

this year): “I am happy to support any approach that helps children to

understand Shakespeare’s plays and to realise that they are about

emotions that we all share – love, jealousy, anger etc – all of

which can be found in The Dream!”

Dame

Helen Mirren:  “Good

wishes to Shakespeare 4 Kidz. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the Avatar of

Shakespeare, with something to be enjoyed by all age groups, a great message

and lots of fun and fantasy. Enjoy!”

Victoria

Wood: “Good luck, stay cool

– there’s nothing worse than a nervous Bottom!”

Tickets are £16 and £9.50 for a young person. A 60p Love

Arts payment also applies to each seat sold. For further information or to

book, call the Box Office on 01271 324242 or visit www.northdevontheatres.org.uk