A Midsummer Night's Dream

Set & Costume Design

Hull Truck Theatre

Directed By Tom Saunders

Lighting by Jessie Addinall

Costume Supervisor Paula Grovesnor

REVIEWS

Hull This

The management of costuming a large cast as well as making the green wood feel like an otherworldly and magical space where dreams are reality and fairies reign, falls to Emily Bestow. The subtlety and neon joy of the set and costume design creates a real sense of stage magic not easily achieved. The reveal of the fairy kingdom made me want to watch the show three more times. Bestow’s design, when coupled with Jessie Addinall’s lighting, is a feast for the eyes. It has all the sequins, fairy lights and flower crowns that your heart can desire.

North West End

"the most dazzling costumes soon emerged and from then on it was colour all the way. As well as the psychedelic costumes, fairy lights lit up the ceiling and heads of many of the cast, while luminous squiggly neon lights enhanced the dark backdrop.

Hull This

"This is a production that excels in its concept. While our mechanicals wield iPads and our Athenians are denim-clad, there’s a feeling of timelessness rather than a straight modernisation. Our chorus of fairies occupy the middle-ground between 60s hippies and contemporary festivalgoers. "