The jewel in the Shakespeare comedy crown is set to take you on a riotous ride through the interwoven world of Lovers, Fairies and Fools. See the gardens lit up at night, glowing and sparkling beyond your wildest imaginings while you reel with laughter as you witness the comedy that is “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.
When the feuding king and queen of the fairies cross paths with a quartet of runaway lovers and a group of tradesmen come amateur actors attempting to rehearse a play, one night in the enchanted forest becomes one wild ride! As the fairies magically meddle in the lives of the mortals, love triangles and transformations begin to occur with hilarious consequences!
A Reserve Package
On arrival at the venue, you’ll be given a souvenir programme (subject to availability) and shown to your own Premium Reserved seating area with personalised low rise chair under the stars. Once you’re settled, head to the bar pre-show to pick up your complimentary red, white, or sparkling wine to enjoy during the performance. During the interval, or whenever you please, you can head to the kiosk to collect your complimentary tea, coffee or hot chocolate.
A Reserve Ticketholders
A Reserve seats are set up prior to doors opening. If you have separate bookings that you would like to be seated together, please email us at boxoffice@shakespeareaustralia.com.au with your order numbers prior to your performance date.
Show Capacities
Due to COVID density limits, tickets to our performances are limited and may sell out quickly.
OBERON/THESEUS Hugh Sexton
TITANIA/HIPOLYTA Alison Whyte
PUCK Fletcher O’Leary
PEASEBLOSSOM Lizzy Brennan
MOTH Penelope Gordon
COBWEB Sasha Lippman
MUSTARDSEED Milly Whitlock-Whyte
PHILOSTRATE Dion Mills
EGEUS/SNUG Syd Brisbane
HELENA Anna Burgess
DEMETRIUS/TOM SNOUT Tony Rive
HERMIA Madeleine Somers
LYSANDER/FRANCIS FLUTE Laurence Boxhall
PETER QUINCE Kevin Hopkins
NICK BOTTOM Richard Piper
Due to scheduling, the cast for our extended season for A Midsummer Night's Dream may vary.
Extended to 28 March 2021
Thu 11 Mar 8:00 PM
Fri 12 Mar 8:00 PM
Sat 13 Mar 8:00 PM
Sun 14 Mar 7:00 PM
Tue 16 Mar 8:00 PM
Wed 17 Mar 8:00 PM
Thu 18 Mar 8:00 PM
Fri 19 Mar 8:00 PM
Sat 20 Mar 8:00 PM
Wed 24 Mar 8:00 PM
Thu 25 Mar 8:00 PM
Fri 26 Mar 8:00 PM
Sat 27 Mar 8:00 PM
Sun 28 Mar 7:00 PM
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne - Southern Cross Lawn
100 Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne 3000
Gates open 2 hours prior to the performance start time
General Admission - $20 to $59 A Reserve - $40 to $110
2 Hours 20 Mins
Download ProgramPrograms during our 2021 season are being posted as PDFs on our website and may not be available onsite.
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You can exchange your tickets up to 3 hours prior to the performance time. You can do it online or call our box office team on 03 8676 7511. There is no charge for ticket exchanges.
Please don’t visit if you feel unwell, have experienced any cold or flu like symptoms in the past 14 days, are awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test, or have returned from overseas.
If the performance or season can not proceed due to COVID, you will be entitled to a refund, exchange to another production or a life time credit note for use any of our future productions.
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