A full cast has been announced for William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith .
A Filter Theatre Production, the play is returning to The Lyric Theatre for four weeks, after its critically-acclaimed run in 2012. The Shakespeare comedy adaptation is co-directed by Sean Holmes and Stef O'Driscoll.
Jonathan Broadbent, Ed Gaughan, John Lightbody, Victoria Moseley and Ferdy Roberts return to the cast from its 2012 run, and will be joined by Hammed Animashaun, Andrew Buckley, Clare Dunne and Cat Simmons.
A spokeswoman for The Lyric Theatre said: "This classic tale of young lovers and warring fairies is given a unique and irreverent twist."
Hammed Animashaun, who will be playing Demetrius, said: "It's a ridiculous, amazing spectacle... The Lyric has a great energy and that really transfers to the stage.
"There are so many adaptations of Shakespeare, either conventional or non-conventional, but I think the reason people will really like this version is because you just see actors having fun and not taking it too seriously.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy, and sometimes people forget that."
The play will run from Friday February 19 to Saturday March 19. Tickets cost from £15 to £35. Call 020 8741 6850 to get yours, or book online .
Full Cast
Hammed Animashaun:
Theatre credits for The Lyric Theatre include: Bugsy Malone , Mogadishu, Secret Theatre, Aladdin and Cinderella.
Other theatre credits include Measure for Measure (Young Vic); Sonnet Walks (Shakespeare's Globe); The Boy Who Fell into a Book (Soho Theatre); Hate/ La Haine (Barbican) and 7 New Plays (National Theatre Studio).
Hammed has appeared on film in The Ellington Kid, and on television in Deadbeats.
Jonathan Broadbent:
Theatre credits for The Lyric Theatre include: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Ghost Stories and Three Sisters.
Other theatre credits include Queen Anne, Love for Love, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (RSC); My Night with Reg (Apollo/Donmar Warehouse); Grand Guignol (Southwark Playhouse); Hamlet (Rose Theatre); Damned by Despair and Peter Pan (National Theatre).
His film and television credits include The Magic Flute, As You Like It and Silent Witness.
Andrew Buckley:
Theatre credits include Saints and Superheroes (Battersea Arts Centre/UK Tour); Carver (Arcola Theatre); Fat Hamlet (Loitering with Intent); Pinocchio (Wilde Theatre) and Dreams of Anne Frank (Contraband Theatre Company).
Andrew is well known for his role in Skeletons, in which he starred alongside Ed Gaughan.
Further film credits include His Heavy Heart, The Hoarder, Jimmy's End, Closer To The Moon and All Is By My Side.
Clare Dunne:
Theatre credits for The Lyric Theatre include: Three Sisters.
Clare recently appeared in Henry IV for the Donmar Warehouse/St Ann's Warehouse.
Her other theatre credits include Grounded (Tiger Dublin Fringe); 24 Hour Plays, Major Barbara (Abbey Theatre); Julius Caesar (Donmar Warehouse/St. Ann's Warehouse) and Detroit, Juno & The Paycock (National Theatre).
Clare has also appeared on film in The Cherishing, Outside and Monged. Radio credits include On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Ed Gaughan:
Theatre credits for The Lyric Theatre include: Herons , A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Island and Radioplay.
Other theatre credits include The Birthday Party (Royal Exchange); The Shed (Fuel/London Snorkelling Team) and Masque of the Red Death (Punchdrunk).
Ed is also known for Skeletons on television, which was nominated for a BAFTA award.
John Lightbody:
Theatre credits for The Lyric Theatre include: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Ghost Stories and Three Sisters.
Other theatre credits include Microcosm (Soho Theatre); Treasure Island (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Richard III (Southwark Playhouse); As You Like It (National Theatre), as well as numerous productions for the RSC and West Yorkshire Playhouse.
John has also appeared on film in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.
Victoria Moseley:
Theatre credits for The Lyric Theatre include: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Water.
Other theatre credits include Beyond Caring (National Theatre Shed/The Yard); Macbeth, Faster (Filter); From Morning to Midnight, His Dark Materials (National Theatre); The Simple Things in Life – winner Herald Angel Awards 2011 (Fuel); Twelfth Night (Filter/ Tricycle).
Victoria has also appeared on screen in War Horse Prom, What You Will, Doctors, Merseybeat, The Whistle Blower, Mindblowing and Jo-90.
Ferdy Roberts:
Theatre credits for The Lyric Theatre include: Three Kingdoms, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Three Sisters and Water.
Other theatre credits include Lampedusa (Soho/Hightide); Shakespeare In Love (Noel Coward) and Wallenstein (Chichester Festival Theatre).
His film and television credits include What You Will, Mr Nice and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.
Cat Simmons:
Theatre credits include Hopelessly Devoted (Tricycle Theatre/UK Tour); Whistle Down The Wind (Aldwych Theatre); Simply Heavenly, Been So Long, Arthur Darvill (Young Vic) and Coming Home (Arcola).
Cat is well known for her role as DC Kezia Walker in The Bill, and for starring in Family Affairs as Scarlett Anderson.
Read our review of The Lyric Theatre's most recent play, Herons, here .
