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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theatre on Kew, Kew gardens, London
LOVELY setting, less lovely production.
With stepladder platforms on stage and maintenance trucks as props, not nearly enough is made of the verdant surrounds of Kew Gardens, and even less of its evening-time botanical atmosphere, which should perfectly suit this fairyland comedy.
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