A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Telegraph“The whole production is a delight...” This is one of the most lucid and beautifully spoken productions of the Dream I have ever seen, with a lovely autumnal glow about it as the great director and the great actress reunite in a play they first worked on together...

Financial Times“Dench is superb...” Deploying the sort of twinkly audacity that you can wield if you are a knight and dame of the realm, Sir Peter Hall and Dame Judi Dench bring a little twist to this production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream...

Whatsonstage.com“Hall’s production pullulates not only with wonderful verse speaking... ” Just to hear Dame Judi discharge the great speech of forgeries of jealousy and mortals wanting their winter cheer is to be truly blessed in the theatre; her artistry irradiates the rest of the cast, setting a standard...

The Times“Dench is at her hilarious best...” The approach doesn’t prevent Dame Judi exuding the warmth she reportedly brought to the same role when she first played it for Peter Hall way back in 1962...

The Stage“Will cast a spell over all those who flock to see it...” Dame Judi and Sir Peter together again has brought Kingston’s Rose Theatre an international standing, while Hall’s resulting production, an enchanting celebration of love and theatrical magic...

The Independent“A great evening...” Each of the play's worlds is delectably realised – from the otherworldliness of the fairies, with Charles Edwards doing a nice send up of a square-jawed matinee idol with supernatural touches as Oberon and Reece Ritchie an eruptive, manic...

Guardian“That's what I call great acting...” It is Dame Judi who supplies the necessary magic. And, although she is be-ruffed and red-wigged, it has nothing to do with Titania's supposed resemblance to Elizabeth I. It is all to do with the ability to invest the language with passion...

New Statesman“Not yet reviewed”

Time Out“Not yet reviewed”

this is london“Not yet reviewed”