Casting announced for Scoot Theatre’s Shakespeare Double Bill on tour

Scoot Theatre have announced full casting for their summer productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Comedy of Errors, touring (mainly) cricket clubs in the South East.

The company includes six actor-musicians: Aaron Sidwell (Eastenders, Wicked, Loserville), Tricia Adele-Turner (Dear Evan Hansen,  We Will Rock You, Legally Blonde), Scarlet Wilderink (Pinocchio, War Horse), Darrell Brockis (Private Lives, House And Garden, Batman), Simmie Kaur (Emperor’s New Clothes) and Royal Central  School of Speech and Drama graduate Miles Henderson. 

The sixty-minute, family-friendly adaptations have 24 dates during August and  September, visiting 17 cricket grounds, as well as The Turbine Theatre on the Jetty, South  Hill Park Arts Centre and The Riverhouse Barn. Following their sell-out weekend at  ‘Barnfest’ last year, Scoot will be partnering with The Barn Theatre in Cirencester again to  co-produce a weekend of Shakespeare fun at the stunning Notgrove Estate in the Cotswolds on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 August.  

Founder Max Hutchinson said: “I am absolutely thrilled that Scoot is expanding this year. We have more  than doubled the size of our tour from last summer, giving us the chance to  offer accessible, family-friendly Shakespeare to many more people, and so I am hugely  grateful to all the cricket clubs for their support. We’ve chosen two of Shakespeare’s most  famous comedies this year as we want to share a bit of joy after a very dark 18 months.  The plays are also about restoring some normality from chaos and I think we can all relate  to that at the moment!”  

Scoot will be touring A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Comedy of Errors from  5 August to 5 September, visiting Dorking CC, Esher CC, The Riverhouse Barn,  Leatherhead CC, Valley End CC, Walton-On-Thames CC, South Hill Park Arts Centre, The  Turbine on the Jetty, Worplesdon and Burpham CC, Egham CC, Chessington CC, The Barn  at Notgrove, East Molesey CC, Shepperton CC, Beddington CC, Wimbledon CC, Godalming  CC, Ashtead CC, Pyrford CC, Blackheath (Surrey) CC and Farnham CC. 

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