A Midsummer Night's Dream - With introduction and follow-up discussion

Under the season's motto “Power and Powerlessness”, the moving themes of manipulation and rebellion are at the heart of the stage action until September 13, thus addressing the tensions of the current world situation.


In A Midsummer Night's Dream, four young lovers flee the strict laws of Athens and lose their way in a forest full of ghosts and elves; here they are drawn into the maelstrom of their desires and passions, dream of heaven and fall into the abyss. On Midsummer Night, the spirits of nature whirl everything upside down and play tricks on the humans, destroying all the rules and reshuffling the cards. A sensual, turbulent round dance that contrasts the uniform civil society with the exotic jungle. The ensemble becomes a band and accompanies the play with magical live music.


Shakespeare's most frequently performed comedy is also the most frequently misunderstood. Mathias Schönsee's new production at the Globe Berlin leaves the romantic, explanatory performance tradition behind, as well as the burlesque. Here is a “Midsummer Night's Dream” that is closer to the author.


With: Helena Krey, Lea Sophia Geier, Saskia von Winterfeld, Anselm Lipgens, Adrian Stowasser, Peter Beck, Tim Otto Böhme, Uwe Neumann

Director: Mathias Schönsee / Music: Bernd Medek / Set design: Ira Storch and Katharina Piriwe / Make-up: Deborah Marie Klein / Assistant director: Gabriela Ganc / Translation, dramaturgy, production management: Christian Leonard


Director Mathias Schönsee (born 1967 in Hamburg) studied Applied Theater Studies with Andrzej Wirth in Giessen and has worked as a director, dramaturge and venue manager at various theaters. He has already received invitations for his productions to the Mühlheimer Theatertage, to the Autorentheatertage at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin and to the Hamburger Privattheatertage, where he was awarded the Monica Bleibtreu Prize. In addition to classical plays, he mainly stages play developments or literary adaptations. He uses music, dance and artistry in his theater work.



The event is part of SPIELRAUM – the Days of the

Independent Performing Arts Community in Berlin



(IN GERMAN)