Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream inspires a hip hop musical in which one of the Bard's best-loved works is set in today's world. In this version, Titania is a rapper and Puck is a b-boy.
Besides being one of Shakespeare’s most popular works, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is also amongst those with the most rhymes, so it was only a matter of time before the play ended up in the street poetry universe. No matter that the original play is more than five centuries old; the themes of this comedy – the ups and downs of love, madness and sanity, the relation between reality and fantasy, etc. – are all still relevant today. Now, director Moisès Maicas has translated an exploration of these themes into language that young people can identify with. Shakespeare on the Beat turns Shakespeare’s lovers into two teenage rap fans; Theseus, Duke of Athens, into a record label owner; Oberon and Titania, the fairy king and queen, into MCs (Master of Ceremonies) who engage in a rhyming battle; the fairy Puck into a b-boy; and the artisans from the original play into a rap group. All this, under the watchful gaze of a DJ who uses two turntables and a mixer to provide a live musical base for the performers’ rhymes, as well as acting as a band leader, serving up beats and scratches throughout the show.
Autoria: Moisès Maicas i Anna Soler Horta, amb la col*laboració de Marta Pera i Miquel Ripeu. A partir d'El somni d'una nit d'estiu, de William Shakespeare; Direcció: Moisès Maicas ; Text: Anna Soler Horta; Intèrprets: Jofre Borràs, Bealia Guerra, Guillem Motos, Pau Sastre, Ariadna Suñé, Georgina Llauradó, Guille Vidal-Ribas i els ballarins de danses urbanes Jonatan Gutiérrez Artis i Ruth Prim; Veu en off: Miquel Ripeu; Composició musical: Mario Nieto (DJ Code), Pau Marfà (Fatkut); Discjòquei: Mario Nieto (DJ Code); Escenografia i attrezzo: Òscar Merino, Anna Tantull; Vestuari i caracterització: Moon Vives; Coreografia: Guille Vidal-Ribas; Moviment: Guille Vidal-Ribas; MC Assessor: Feo1 del Gremio; Il·luminació: Daniel Gener; Disseny de so: Pepe Bel; Assistent de direcció: Auri Nsue; Producció executiva: Marc Molina, Oriol Miras ; Direcció tècnica: Marc Molina, Oriol Miras i Daniel Gener (direcció tècnica associada) ; Disseny gràfic: Hommu Studio; Distribució i contractació de Factea Produccions: Pere Riera (www.facteaproduccions.com) ;
