Full Cast Announced for A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Damien James, Dumile Sibanda, Rachel Barnes and Terique Jarrett

William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be staged at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre this summer in a new production directed by Atri Banerjee.

When a bitter dispute erupts in the fairy kingdom, four fleeing lovers and an unsuspecting weaver called Bottom find themselves adrift in an enchanted forest, down a path of chaos and delusion conjured by the mischievous Puck. 

With desire turned upside down, hearts are won, lost, and won again in a realm of dreams where worlds intertwine and the impossible becomes a distant memory.   

The cast involves Issam Al Ghussain (World Play, Royal Court Theatre) as Flute, Rachel Barnes (Manic Street Culture, Kiln Theatre) as Moth, Georgia Bruce (Fiddler on the Roof, Barbican/UK & Ireland Tour) as Puck, Misia Butler (The Amber Trap, Theatre503) as Lysander, Neil D'Souza (Indian Ink, Hampstead Theatre) as Snug & Egeus, Amelia Gabriel (The Lord of the Rings, Watermill Theatre) as Mustardseed, Harriet Gordon-Anderson (Scenes from the Climate Era, Gate Theatre) as Quince, Rori Hawthorn (A Gig For Ghosts, Soho Theatre) as Cobweb, Olivier Huband (A Doll’s House, Almeida), Nadeem Islam (Anitgone, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) as Bottom, Damien James (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Ambassadors Theatre/ Southwark Playhouse) as Peaseblossom, Terique Jarrett (Choir Boy, Stratford East/ Bristol Old Vic) as Demetrius, Evie Jones (Hospital Doors, Next Door But One) as Snout, Mary Malone (Fangirls, Lyric Hammersmith) as Helena, Hiftu Quasem (Ten Percent, Amazon Prime) as Hermia, Jenny Rainsford (Blithe Spirit, Sailsbury Playhouse/Blackpool Grand) as Titania & Hippolyta and Dumile Sibanda (A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, Apollo Theatre/ UK Tour).

Joining Banerjee on the creative team is Rachel Barnes (Musical Director); Naomi Dawson (Set Designer); Yarit Dor (Intimacy & Fight Director); Amara Heyland (Associate Director); Anjali Mehra (Movement Director); Maimuna Memon (Composer & Musical Arrangements); Tomás Palmer (Costume Designer); Max Pappenheim (Sound Designer); Joshua Pharo (Lighting Designer); Jacob Sparrow (Casting Director); Emma Woodvine (Voice & Text Director).

A Midsummer Night’s Dream will play at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre from 20 June to 18 July 2026.