The Fairy Queen: at the Royal Albert Hall

The production will be staged at the Royal Albert Hall on  Tuesday 21st July 2009, as part of the BBC Proms 2009. Apparently isome of it will also be broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

The Financial Times loved it and considered the production worth 4 stars.

The cast is huge. For the spoken play he has a full company of strong actors, led by Sally Dexter (pictured) and Joseph Millson as the predatory Titania and Oberon, and Desmond Barrit as a delightfully dead-pan Bottom hailing from the Welsh valleys. There is a hyperactive dance troupe, kitted out as harpy-like fairies. And the stage staff manning the scenic transformations and flying equipment must be on overtime.