The play revolves around the adventures of four young lovers, a group of amateur actors and their interactions with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. The story takes place in Midsummer and is a complex farce featuring Hermia and Lysander, Helena and Demetrius. Their romantic intrigues are confused and complicated still further by entering the forest where Oberon King of the fairies and his queen Titania, preside. Puck (or Robin Goodfellow) is a major character who is full of mischief and tricks. Other visitors to the enchanted forest include Bottom, the Weaver and his friends Snug, Snout, Quince and Flute, the amateur dramatists who want to rehearse their terrible but hilarious version of the play Pyramus and Thisbe.

Recorded on location in 22 acres of Sussex woodland, this production has an all-star cast.

Director: Celia de Wolff

Music by Stephanie Nunn

Titania ..... Lesley Sharp

Oberon ..... Toby Stephens

Peter Quince ..... Robert Pugh

Nick Bottom ..... Roger Allam

Puck ..... Freddie Fox

Theseus ..... Nicholas Farrell

Hippolyta ..... Emma Fielding

Lysander ..... Joseph Timms

Demetrius ..... Ferdinand Kingsley

Hermia ..... Emerald O'Hanrahan

Helena ..... Anna Madeley

Egeus / Starveling ..... David Collings

Philostrate / Snug ..... Nicholas Boulton

Fairy ..... Sara Markland

Francis Flute ..... Sam Alexander

Tom Snout ..... Sam Dale

Peaseblossom ..... Jessica Sian

Cobweb ..... Jay Carter

Moth ..... Tressa Brooks

Mustardseed ..... Stuart Walker.