NAYD’s production of Midsummer Night’s Dream opens in the Peacock Theatre, Dublin next Monday. Among the cast is Cork actress Mary-Louise Mc Carthy, who you might remember was in Aifric last year. Mary-Louise is part of a cast of 20 young people from youth theatres all over Ireland – Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Sligo and Wicklow – who could be the theatre stars of the future.

Escaping the Athenian court to marry, Hermia and Lysander take refuge in a nearby wood. There too are Helena and Demetrius and the King and Queen of the fairies, Oberon and Titania. Oberon orchestrates a series of mischievous and magical tricks by which love is transformed, misplaced, deceived, revealed and finally, restored.

Starring: Lutz Biedinger, Kevin Corcoran, Alan Dalton, Brian Devaney, Barry Lenihan, Eoin Lennon, Mary-Louise McCarthy, Christina Matthews, Barry Morgan, Kiefer Moriarty-Short, Grainne Moriarty, Katherine Murphy, Luke Naessens, Roxanna Nic Liam, Jessica O’Driscoll-Breen, Mary-Rose Phipps, Paul Tansey, Roisin Watson, Barry Whelan, Darren Yorke

Director Gyorgy Vidovszky
Assistant director David Kelly
Set and costume design Diego Pitarch
Lighting design Eamon Fox
Sound design Samuel Gryllus

25 – 30 August
Preview Monday 25 August
Matinee Saturday 30 August
Peacock Theatre
Nightly at 8.15pm, Saturday matinee 2.45pm

Tickets: €18 (€14 concession Mon-Sat)
Preview/Matinee: €14
Youth Theatre members: €10
Booking: 01 87 87 222

Check out www.nayd.ie and www.abbeytheatre.ie for more information.