Such Stuff (As DreAms Are Made On)
Devised by the company
Written by Sarah Heenan
Directed by Sarah Heenan and Charlotte Price
Associate Director: Samuel Hunt
Producer: Clare Harding
Musical Director: Michael Smith
Capstan House, East India Docks, 12-23 April 2016
“I would give the show as many stars as possible and think everyone in London should see this show… I encourage, urge and plead with you to go, because I guarantee you will not have seen anything like this before.”
“Such Stuff is fantastic… it will blow you away from the moment it starts... when you leave, the real world for a while will seem a little less colourful.”
Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On is a celebration of Shakespeare’s life and works told through the story of The Tempest, performed on and around the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, in an office building in London’s Docklands utterly transformed.
A cast of 17 amateur actors from all walks of life play some of the characters from Shakespeare’s original play and some of the characters he chose not to include.
Four hundred years after William Shakespeare’s death, his final play, The Tempest, and the Bard himself both come to life on a lost and forgotten island… only, not quite in the way he remembers writing it.
The two events collide on one unforgettable April evening. Audiences explore the island unguided, hear its sweet and sinister noises, sit in Prospero’s armchair, drink with Stephano and Trinculo and follow the spirits as they torment and entertain the island’s inhabitants.