The blue light of our phones. The 24-hour news cycle. The gig economy that punishes rest. The anxiety that creeps in at 3 AM, whispering that you forgot something, that you aren't enough, that the world is burning while you lie still. is not a distortion of Shakespeare. It is a mirror.
A high-speed bike courier delivering "enchantments" across the city. SLEEPLESS -A Midsummer Night-s Dream-
I recently experienced SLEEPLESS -A Midsummer Night’s Dream- , and I am still trying to find my way out of the woods. The blue light of our phones
SLEEPLESS is a contemporary staging of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream that reframes the play’s dream logic and romantic entanglements through a modern visual and sonic palette. It keeps the original text (largely intact) while using design, movement, and music to emphasize themes of desire, transformation, and the porous boundary between waking and dreaming. The anxiety that creeps in at 3 AM,
☾☾☾☾ (4/5 Crescent Moons) Best enjoyed with a cold compress and zero expectations of linear storytelling.