The Royal Shakespeare Company and Unicorn Theatre are to join forces for a new co-production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
It will be directed by the Unicorn’s artistic director Rachel Bagshaw and adapted by associate director Robin Belfield.
RSC co-artistic directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey said, "we’re absolutely delighted to be partnering with the Unicorn Theatre on this magical and riotous retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream made with young audiences in mind. Like the Unicorn, we believe passionately in the power of theatre and great storytelling to bring joy and deepen our understanding of the world around us, whatever our age.
“This production builds on our family activities and follows in the footsteps of accessible, bite-size stagings of Shakespeare’s As You Like It in the Holloway Garden Theatre in 2024 and Joanna Bowman’s 80-minute edit of The Two Gentlemen of Verona for families which will come to The Other Place this August.
“We can’t wait to welcome Unicorn associate director Robin Belfield back to the RSC after his joyous production of First Encounters: Twelfth Night in 2023 and look forward to collaborating with Rachel Bagshaw to inspire the next generation of young theatre audiences.”
Suitable for everyone aged seven and above, the co-production will première at the Unicorn in Southwark, London from Saturday 21 March until Sunday 3 May 2026 before transferring to The Other Place, Stratford in summer 2026, with dates to be confirmed.