A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare written sometime in the 1590s. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and with fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular and is widely performed across the world.
Until now, I've never expected the amount of improvision done by the Singapore Repertory Theatre. There were lots of hilarious local slangs, outrageous costumes, followed by the fact that its held at Fort Canning Park where immense effort done on the stage settings.
How can an outdoor play do without a picnic, though we gorged ourselves even before the commencement of the play. Surprisingly we saw people going all the way to the max with the picnic idea. Cushions, picnic basket and sundeck chairs, with as usual kids running around (leash them!), people over-dressing themselves (its an outdoor play not a fashion venue for goodness sake); come to think about it, I found a certain degree of entertainment by just observing the crowd.
Two thumbs up for the clean and decent mobile bathrooms, definitely not those you see at a wake. I must say the evening was rather delightful and pleasant, with exception to the gi-normous spotlights (the heat is ON). Let's just anticipate for more unorthodox events like this in future. Sweet...
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