THE RSC is bringing a children’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the stage for the first time.
It is joining forces with the Unicorn Theatre in London on a new co-production of Shakespeare’s magical play which will premiere next year.
It will be performed at the Unicorn in Southwark from Saturday March 21 to Sunday May 3 2026, before visiting The Other Place in Stratford in the summer.
The production will be directed by the Unicorn’s artistic director Rachel Bagshaw and adapted by associate director Robin Belfield in a riotous retelling, which promises to delight young audiences and their families.
RSC co-artistic directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey said: “We are absolutely delighted to be partnering with the Unicorn Theatre on this magical and riotous re-telling of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ made with young audiences in mind. Like the Unicorn, we believe passionately in the power of theatre and great storytelling to bring joy and deepen our understanding of the world around us, whatever our age.
“This latest production, arriving in The Other Place in summer 2026, builds upon our family activities and follows in the footsteps of accessible, bite-size stagings of Shakespeare’s As You Like It in the Holloway Garden Theatre in 2024 and Joanna Bowman’s 80-minute edit of The Two Gentlemen of Verona for families, coming to The Other Place this August.
“We cannot wait to welcome Unicorn associate director Robin Belfield back to the RSC, following his joyous production of First Encounters: Twelfth Night in 2023 and look forward to collaborating with artistic director Rachel Bagshaw to inspire the next generation of young theatre audiences.”
