Following their acclaimed 2022 collaboration on Henry V, Shakespeare’s Globe and Headlong reunite to turn A Midsummer Night’s Dream on its head in this turbulent production. Holly Race Roughan’s original staging re-examines the comedy’s themes and power dynamics, plunging us into deep midwinter through Max Johns’ chilly set design and an atmosphere thick with the societal tensions we all recognise today. Bottom becomes a nihilistic figure, characters turn cruel and abrasive, and Titania is given a gothic twist, culminating in a thrillingly shocking finale. This is Shakespeare – but not as you know it.