A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Astor Theatre 1987

The Astor Theatre was given to the people of Deal by the Astor family after the second world war, becoming a thriving repertory theatre for this small Kent resort.

Despite being in constant use by local groups, it is only with the Deal Theatre Project that the Astor will once again become the home of professional theatre.

The coastal town of Deal provides the ideal setting for a splendid production of Shakespeare’s  A Midsummer Night’s Dream this Summer.

From 19 to 29 August 1987 a cast of 50, directed by Luke Dixon, will perform the most delightful of Shakespeare’s comedies in a transformed auditorium. Paul Dart’s designs will create a nocturnal fairy kingdom in which protagonists and spectators alike will be touched by midsummer magic.

On the final night, Saturday 29 August, following the Dream, the audience will be enticed, enchanted, to Deal Pier to witness a wondrous Grand Finale courtesy of the producers of the Deal Theatre Project – Dixon and Dart.

DIRECTED & DESIGNED BY PAUL DART AND LUKE DIXON
CAST:
ANTHONY AIKMAN EGEUS/STARVELING
ABIGAIL ARCHER FAIRY
LYNN ARCHER QUINCE
DAVID BENEDICT LYSANDER
HICOLA COURT FAIRY
EMMA GRAY FAIRY
LYNDA GRAY SNUG
ROSS GREENWOOD FAIRY
NOEL GREIG THESEUS/OBERON
DIONNE HAIRSINE FAIRY
LISSA HAIRSINE MUSTARDSEED
ARAB LYONS HERMIA
EMMA O’BRIEN BOTTOM
PETER PALMER BOTTOM
TOM PALMER COBWEB
JANICE PERRY HELENA
JESSICA ROBINSON FLUTE
GEMMA RUNNING MOTH
HEIKE SCHURIG HIPPOLYTA
CHRISTOPHER SEWELL QUINCE
NATHAN SEWELL PUCK
DOROTHY SMITH SNOUT
ANDREW SPENCER FLUTE
LIZ TURNER STARVELING/SNOUT
ELIZABETH VARNEY PUCK
DICK WARING DEMETRIUS
SARAH WRIGLEY PEASEBLOSSOM

 

CREW:
SARAH AINSLIE PHOTOGRAPHY
QUENTIN BLAKE GRAPHICS
LEE BOXSHALL TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT
SANDY BROUGHTON PUBLICITY
MARTIN CARROLL PHOTOGRAPHY
BOB GRAY STAGE MANAGEMENT
HEATHER JOINER COSTUMES
JAMES MACDONALD ASSISTANT DIRECTION
JEAN NICHOLSON ADMINISTRATION
PAUL PARKMAN COSTUME ASSISTANCE
SUE SMITH GENERAL MANAGEMENT
DOMINIC TUCKER COSTUME ASSISTANCE
LIZ TURNER ADMINISTRATION
ROBERT ZIEGLER MUSIC