Rise of the Midsummer Night's Guardians

It's been a year now since the Independent Shakespeare Company ruined me for all other Shakespeare ever* ... and now that they have successfully knocked off the competition in bard-related matters, they've started on dramatic entertainment in general. I saw the trailer for Dreamworks' upcoming Rise of the Guardians and all I could think was how much better the ISC's Puck, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, would have been as Jack Frost.

Unfortunately there is no extant video of his performance, so I can't give you a direct comparison, but they have just posted their photo album for the show so maybe you can get some idea ...

There's at least one show of Midsummer each week from now until Sept. 2nd! Check out their calendar and go! (And/or see one of the other shows, they're all good, and Winter's Tale closes this weekend so you should get on that one ...)

*Remarkably, I have enjoyed moments of The Hollow Crown so far, but this is definitely an anomaly and likely due in large part to my not having seen them do any history plays ... There will be a lengthy post on the Henry IVs at some point when I can be bothered to sit down and write it but now is not that time.