Nicholas Bottom leads his students in an online workshop about the basics of acting. From animal work to beard work, he covers it all…just not very well.

New writing for the Midsummer Festival from actor and writer Amy Trigg. 

In this comic parody created especially for the Midsummer Festival, Amy looks at what might happen when the lockdown trend for online courses meets the self-assured buffoonery of Shakespeare’s foolish Nick Bottom. With a Zoom call of wannabe actors hanging off his every word, what will Bottom come up with next? 

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Feel the magic of midsummer and camp out in your very own fairy bower.

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The Mechanics of Acting

Nicholas Bottom leads his students in an online workshop about the basics of acting. From animal work to beard work, he covers it all… just not very well.

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