Dreaming in Shadows: Imagination and Small Magic at Southwark’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The stage goes dark for what seems a heartbeat, then a single spotlight finds a young actor as they step across an invisible border. They turn slowly, reach toward emptiness, and utter, “Into the wood we go.” That moment, so simple and still, pulls me into A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Southwark Playhouse not as an audience member but as a trespasser in someone else’s dream.
