Shakespeare's Globe, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'; lower gallery seats

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Sold out for this performance; note we have an extra date with seats in August - RSVP HERE. (https://www.meetup.com/Lets-Do-London/events/230593304/)

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“Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream.”

The first performances of the Globe's new season always have a special atmosphere. This will be especially true now it's Shakespeare 400, the year celebrating four full centuries of his legacy.

Here, kicking off the 2016 season is "A Midsummer Night's Dream", widely considered Shakespeare's greatest comedy.

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It's perfectly suited to open-air stages like the Globe's and never fails to please.

Adding some extra pizzazz to the mad antics of Puck and Bottom is the wow casting of Meow Meow as Tatiana.

A performance artist and singer, she joins a production that promises to be "naughty, tender, transgressive and surprising".

Expect rousing music, sensual dance and some serious comedy!

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MEETING INFO

• message from Antony, organiser (07765 263601)

Members who have booked will collect tickets directly from me. I will be available at the meeting point from 6.40pm. The performance starts at 7.30pm. To be available for latecomers, I will miss the part of the performance and wait until 7.50pm.

In this photo I will be stood on the pavement between the glass door of the main entrance and the street sign saying "New Globe Walk". I will be wearing a black cap and display a red/black Meetup sign.

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PRICE / TIMING

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These tickets are for the Lower Gallery. The lowest priced seats, they offer a side view of the stage, similar to the viewpoint from the yard in the photo below.

There is no seat in the Globe from which the action isn't obscured at some point, pillars abound around the stage but these have been chosen for their value and being lower gallery you are near to the actors.

By booking early we have the best in the band. Our seats include plenty on the back bench - some members prefer leaning on the rear wall. If you would too, please message me when you book (before 30th March).

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The discount? We can reduce your booking fee by £1. This is our lowest price to cover costs.

The Globe charges £20 for these tickets + £2.50 booking fee - total £22.50.

Our price to join us for the evening, incl. booking fees and paypal - £21.50

34 places only

You will be sat alongside other members and you're welcome to join us afterwards for drinks.

The performance starts at 7.30pm, running time is expected to be 3 hours.

If you don't mind standing, take the £5 ticket here. (https://www.meetup.com/lessthanatenner/events/229150567/)

Book a seat now to be sure of a place - RSVPs will close before the performance.

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

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Four runaway lovers find themselves smack bang in the middle of a dispute between the King and Queen of the fairies, and, as if that wasn’t enough, a troupe of amateur actors are trying to rehearse a play.

Between these unlikely groups flies Puck, armed only with a wicked sense of humour and a love potion capable of making anyone fall for the first person they set eyes upon. What could possibly go wrong?

THE GLOBE

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Shakespeare's Globe is a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, an Elizabethan playhouse in the London Borough of Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames that was originally built in 1599, destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, and then demolished in 1644. The modern reconstruction is an academic approximation based on available evidence of the 1599 and 1614 buildings. It was built about 230 metres (750 ft) from the site of the original theatre and opened to the public in 1997, with a production of Henry V.

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