Join us this May as we welcome Hollywood director Michael Hoffman to introduce his all-star 1999 movie adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, screening as part of the upcoming Mad About Shakespeare weekend.
Mad About Shakespeare will explore madness in Shakespeare’s plays with performances, conversations and guest speakers, including Sir Jonathan Bate, Colin Hurley, Mark Lockyer and Dame Harriet Walter.
Curated by Nick Hutchison.
At 2.00pm on Saturday 30th May, we’ll welcome Michael Hoffman to our stage to introduce his 1999 film, which stars Stanley Tucci, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Kline, Rupert Everett, Christian Bale, and Dominic West. A founder of the Oxford University Film Foundation, Hoffman’s impressive body of work also includes Soapdish (1991), Restoration (1995), The Last Station (2009), and Gambit (2012).
The weekend is raising funds for Second Stage – a charity created to provide training, support and employment routes into the creative industries for those leaving the criminal justice system.
For tickets to the 30th May screening of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Aldeburgh Cinema, visit www.aldeburghcinema.co.uk
For tickets to other events taking place over the Mad About Shakespeare weekend, visit www.madaboutshakespeare.co.uk
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Italy, the 1890's. Duke Theseus (David Strathairn) is unhappy because his daughter Helena (Calista Flockhart), passionately in love with Lysander (Dominic West), refuses to marry her suitor Demetrius (Christian Bale). Helena's friend Hermia (Anna Friel) does love Demetrius, but her affection is unrequited. The quartet escape into the woods, with Helena and Lysander determined to elope, where fairy king and queen - Oberon (Rupert Everett) and Titania (Michelle Pfeiffer) - are quarrelling; a dispute that soon entangles a group of amateur actors rehearsing a play.
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