A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Finds Full Cast at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Nadeem Islam leads as Bottom alongside Jenny Rainsford and Olivier Huband in Atri Banerjee's production
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has announced the full cast for William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, in a new production directed by Atri Banerjee. The production runs from 20 June – 18 July (Press Night: Monday 29 June, 7.45pm).
Banerjee directs Issam Al Ghussain (Flute); Rachel Barnes (Moth); Georgia Bruce (Puck); Misia Butler (Lysander); Neil D'Souza (Snug & Egeus); Amelia Gabriel (Mustardseed); Harriet Gordon-Anderson (Quince); Rori Hawthorn (Cobweb); Olivier Huband (Oberon & Theseus); Nadeem Islam (Bottom); Damien James (Peaseblossom); Terique Jarrett (Demetrius); Evie Jones (Snout); Mary Malone (Helena); Hiftu Quasem (Hermia); Jenny Rainsford (Titania & Hippolyta) and Dumile Sibanda (Starveling).
Atri Banerjee, Director, said: ‘I'm so pleased to be directing Shakespeare's beloved comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. There is no play better suited to the Park's surroundings, and it feels like a special privilege to be making this version for 2026: the responsibility to audiences feels immense and thrilling. “This green plot shall be our stage”, says Quince, and I can't wait to work with this extraordinary group of actors and creatives to make art, make music, and collectively dream this summer.'
Drew McOnie, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Artistic Director, said: ‘I'm delighted to welcome this wonderful cast of actors and actor musicians to Regent's Park to bring this much loved Shakespeare back to the Open Air Theatre stage. I can't wait for our audiences to be transported from Athens to the fairy kingdom once again in this visionary production from Atri Banerjee.'
In a new production directed by Atri Banerjee (The Glass Menagerie, Royal Exchange; Julius Caesar, RSC), underscored with folk-infused melodies composed by Maimuna Memon (Portia Coughlan, Almeida; The Grapes of Wrath, National Theatre), experience Shakespeare's most spellbinding comedy as it blossoms once again in our magical outdoor setting.
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