Post by paddy72 on Jul 15, 2019 23:32:46 GMT
London has three Dreams up and running now and this gets my vote for being the most fun and happy. A magical riot of colour and imagination. There are too many good things in it to shout out about and purists will struggle to appreciate its rawness. However what it lacks in reverence it makes up for in charm and ingenuity. Like a cross between a great panto - including audience participation where Starvling is played by ‘one of us’ plucked from the Yard - and a Mexican carnival - sets and costumes are by the designer of The Grinning Man. The cast are universally great. Most hilarious scene is between Bottom and Titania getting it on in a refuse dumpster. Any Shakespeare show that gets in the first line of Circle of Life from the Lion King and ends with 80s sing along Caravan of Love has got the rest beat. And it’s in London’s best theatre ever where you get to take as much booze and pasties in with you as you like. Everyone came out beaming with happiness and love on the night I went. Just what summer is for.
