THE ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND

Great Britain


The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has been in existence since 1847 and comprises the School of Music (Classical, Traditional, Jazz, Opera, Composition) and the School of Drama, Dance, Production, and Film where we have courses in Acting, Musical Theatre, Ballet, Design [Set, Costume, Lighting & Sound], Filmmaking, Stage Technology & Manangement, D/deaf Performance). The Schools aim to train artists to a professional level and RCS has been in the World Top 10 of Perfroming Arts Institutions by QS Rankings since 2016. The Acting programme is led by Head of Acting Joyce Deans and Associate Head of Acting Ali de Souza (who helped create this performance). The Acting programme often sends performances to international student theatre festivals (recently to St Petersburg and Kazan, and to Beijing, Kahosiung, Taiwan & Spoleto, Italy).

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Hermia’s Dream

Now the world above burns incandescent

And stars have fled into the solitude of ignorance.

So in these midnight rooms,

Beneath the chaos of the world,

Amongst the dying thud of passion’s heartbeat

And the rot of chemical excess,

Our fires,

Which once danced amongst the life of the world

Now gutter in the dark

Alone.’ – GABRIEL FLOYD (student at RCS / cast member)

Based on William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, HERMIA’S DREAM attempts put the themes of the play into a contemporary setting. Using intense movement and a thudding heartbeat of bass pulsating throughout, the words of Shakespeare and the well-known story are thrown into a new light. The piece tackles immediate issues affecting young people in the society around us. including mental health, youth climate action, misogyny, and drug use. It also deals with themes of displacement, the climate crisis, dreams and the ignorance of youth. Using the lovers’ scenes and other Shakespeare speeches as a skeleton, as well as other pieces of poetry chosen by the group (including original poetry from cast member Gabriel Floyd), the cast conceptualized the piece and devised movement to fit their dynamic and contemporary style.

 

Author: William Shakespeare; Edgar Allan Poe; Gabriel Floyd

Director: Michael Guest

Dramaturge, script: Ali de Souza

Costumes: Rhonda Barclay

Light design, production: Jamie Murray

Choreography, music: The Company

 

Cast:

Puck – Michael Guest

Helena – Maria Laird

Demetrius – Gabriel Floyd

Hermia – Mabel Thomas

Lysander – Joe Urquhart

 

All performances by THE ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND

  • Friday

    3. 4. 2020

  • 18:30
    "Now the world above burns incandescent And stars have fled into the solitude of ignorance. So in these midnight rooms, Beneath the chaos of the world, Amongst the dying thud of passion’s heartbeat And the rot of chemical excess, Our fires, Which once danced amongst the life of the world Now gutter in the dark Alone.’ – GABRIEL FLOYD (student at RCS / cast member) Based on William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, HERMIA’S DREAM attempts put the themes of the play into a contemporary setting. Using intense movement and a thudding heartbeat of bass pulsating throughout, the words of Shakespeare and the well-known story are thrown into a new light. The piece tackles immediate issues affecting young people in the society around us. including mental health, youth climate action, misogyny, and drug use. It also deals with themes of displacement, the climate crisis, dreams and the ignorance of youth. Using the lovers’ scenes and other Shakespeare speeches as a skeleton, as well as other pieces of poetry chosen by the group (including original poetry from cast member Gabriel Floyd), the cast conceptualized the piece and devised movement to fit their dynamic and contemporary style."
    The Main Programme

  • 20:00
    "Now the world above burns incandescent And stars have fled into the solitude of ignorance. So in these midnight rooms, Beneath the chaos of the world, Amongst the dying thud of passion’s heartbeat And the rot of chemical excess, Our fires, Which once danced amongst the life of the world Now gutter in the dark Alone.’ – GABRIEL FLOYD (student at RCS / cast member) Based on William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, HERMIA’S DREAM attempts put the themes of the play into a contemporary setting. Using intense movement and a thudding heartbeat of bass pulsating throughout, the words of Shakespeare and the well-known story are thrown into a new light. The piece tackles immediate issues affecting young people in the society around us. including mental health, youth climate action, misogyny, and drug use. It also deals with themes of displacement, the climate crisis, dreams and the ignorance of youth. Using the lovers’ scenes and other Shakespeare speeches as a skeleton, as well as other pieces of poetry chosen by the group (including original poetry from cast member Gabriel Floyd), the cast conceptualized the piece and devised movement to fit their dynamic and contemporary style."
    The Jury’s Path
    The Main Programme




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