Adapted by Kelly Hunter
Following our award winning production of Pericles, which performed at Riverside Studios in 2022, Flute are giving the UK premiere of A Midsummer Night’s Dream - their newest production. These two shows will form part of Flute’s summer Shakespeare festival with performances for autistic individuals every day from July 30th-August 11th.
Praise for Flute’s Pericles
★★★★ - “Storytelling at its best” - Britishtheatre
★★★★ - “Thrilling” - The Stage
★★★★★ - "Finest Pericles of Recent Years”- Fringe Review
★★★★ - “An Ecstasy of joy and dancing" - Reviews Hub
Our lovers, our fairies and our mechanicals see with their ears, hear with their eyes, taste with their hands and speak with their hearts. Our company of seven performers is onstage for the whole play transforming again and again in front of your eyes. Our dreams inform our waking hours informing our playing of the play and the play within the play.
“Are you sure we are awake? These things seem small and indistinguishable, like far off mountains turned into clouds. We are awake!”
We are touring Our Double Dream across Europe. It is performed twice – for a mainstream audience and then again in an essential way for autistic audiences in whichever language they best understand.
Show duration: 100 minutes, without interval.
Company
Carina de Jesus Abi-Saber Hermia, Snout the Tinker, Mustardseed
Catherine Kay Titania, Helena, Snug the Joiner, Hippolyta
Jacob Lovick Lysander, Flute the Bellows mender, Cobweb
Mercedes Maresca Starveling the Tailor, Peaseblossom
Mohit Mathur Oberon, Theseus
Aleix Mele Puck
Joshua Welch Bottom, Demetrius
Kelly Hunter Director, Adaptor
Craig West Lighting Design
Alice Hallifax Design
Natasha Haward Assistant Director
Mercedes Maresca Musician
Flute Theatre
We are renowned for our innovative productions of Shakespeare including specialised shows for autistic individuals, refugees and those displaced by war. These productions use the award-winning Hunter Heartbeat Method. We perform internationally, adapting the language of our performances to the needs and ears of our audience. Our previous mainstage productions include Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Pericles, and The Tempest.
Director
Kelly Hunter is a theatre director, actor and writer. In 2014 she founded Flute Theatre as a home for her unique adaptations of Shakespeare. She is the creator of the Hunter Heartbeat Method, a series of sensory games based on Shakespeare developed since 2022. These games form the basis of her specialized productions for autistic individuals and refugee families.
She has an MBE for her services to theatre and holds an honorary degree at the University of Birmingham.
