A Midsummer Night's Fever Dream (Trinity, 2022)

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A Midsummer Night’s Fever Dream is a modern spin on the iconic original. Will and Rowan are enthusiastic seekers of romance who met online and bonded over their love for Shakespeare. However, Rowan is a fairy from the Forest of Love, ruled by his stern parent Coronet Yew who hates humans with a passion. Only on the night of Midsummer, when the two worlds collide, can the lovers finally be together – along with Ray, Will’s sarcastic best friend who secretly has feelings of his own! Can the trio complete the quest to help love win the day, or is their blossoming romance doomed? Join us to find out! Expect lot of cheesy lines, great puns and a plethora of side characters with their own romantic turmoil. Did anyone say relationship drama, hiveminds and science witches? That’s right, we’ve got it all!

• Will - Alice “am I still tied up?” Yates (Trinity)
• Ray - Bíbor “it's giving too much dude” Batki (St. Hugh's)

• Lisa - Aleks “aw, I was looking forward to the fight!” Matkowska (Keble)
• Milly - Anna “emphasis on cursed” Wilson

• Anne - Ali “gaslight the hell out of me” Witheford (Magdalen)
• Ben - Paul “I fuck girls and beyblades” Becsi (Oriel)
• Charlotte - Emily “programme quotes are weird” Oldridge (St. John's)
• Susanna - Ed “I wouldn't turn down some bacon at this point” Tansley (St. Anne's)
• Gerome - Tom “no tomlette without breaking a few eds” Vallely (Somerville)
• Julia - Lydia “is that the wrench line” Hoggarth (Keble)
• Romeo (Tim) - Ugur “the tree's a good kisser!” Özcan (Jesus)

• Rowan - Fabian “As Taylor Swift once said, swish swish bish” Bourdeaux (St. Anne's)
• Nymphoides - Lily “I'm not doing a hand gesture” Massey (Pembroke)
• Valentine - Jake “definitely not that line” Caudwell (Magdalen)
• Chrysanthemum - Andrew “whale boning” Kenyon-Roberts (Merton)
• Juniper - Em “gotta finger that pipe” Fawcett (Wadham)
• Coronet-Yew - Freddie “so true bestie” Houlahan (Balliol)
• Spruce - Ekin “CHILDREN!” Pehlivan
• Rosehip - Fen “hope is devastating…” Brunt

• Blossom - Sebastian “that can be arranged…” Morson (St. Anne's)
• Riddle-Giddle - Luke “the mystery test is up your arse!” Tinworth
• Cursed Tree - Paul “I like to watch” Becsi (Oriel)
• Tree - Andrew “no respect for elder!” Kenyon-Roberts (Merton)

• Director - Elspeth “you have broken me” Rogers (St.John's)
• Assistant Director - Tom “everyone's losing braincells today”Vallely (Somerville)
• Writer - Em “enter Will and Rowan, pursued by an egg” Fawcett (Wadham)
• Script Editors:
  • David “I think we need 30% less pie” Street (LMH)
  • Andrew “I wasn't a script editor” Raynes (Somerville)
• Musical Director - Ellie “I like a wet muffin” Welbourn (Magdalen)
• Producer - David “we have no insurance” Street (LMH)
• Stage Manager - Fen “mental BDSM” Brunt
• Graphic Designer - Andrew “…” Raynes (Somerville)
• Marketing Director - Aleks “I don't want to be associated with this” Matkowska (Keble)
• Marketing Assistants:
  • Ali “if it's good enough for the cows, it's good enough for me” Witheford (Magdalen)
  • Jake “a gazebo on the camp scale” Caudwell (Magdalen)
• Casting Advisor - Amy only top the bunny with consent Hemsworth (Teddy Hall)
• Pianist - Patrick Painter (St Anne's)

• To Suck or Not to Suck:
  • Ali “wiggling your cork” Witheford (Magdalen)
  • Ellie “can't fit a whole jaffacake in my mouth” Welbourn (Magdalen)
• Wishing Well - Tom “rubber chicken!” Vallely (Somerville)
  • Choreography - Elspeth “so keep looking at each others… eyes” Rogers (St.John's)
• I Just Love Love - Mo “love? I don't know how tennis works” Weckbecker (Mansfield)
  • Choreography:
    • Tom “oh god, not the figure of eight again!” Vallely (Somerville)
    • Elspeth “so you know the frogs from Flushed Away?” Rogers (St.John's)
• The Two of Us - Em “I like to watch…” Fawcett (Wadham)
• Hate vs Love - Mo “Shakespearean diss track” Weckbecker (Mansfield)
• We Tried… - Ellie “*accidentally stares at Ali's crotch*” Welbourn (Magdalen)
• Everything In Summer Has To End:
  • Aleks “so we're scrapping the bursting?” Matkowska (Keble)
  • Fabian “low hanging sausages” Bourdeaux (St. Anne's)
• Midsummer Love:
  • Fabian “I am innocent in this!” Bourdeaux (St. Anne's)
  • Aleks “The sound is implied” Matkowska (Keble)
  • Ellie “the crocs stay on during sex” Welbourn (Magdalen)

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