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Jun 2023
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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Slumber Studios
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Narrator: Simon Mattacks 🇬🇧 Writer: Jo Steer ✍️ Sound design: crickets 🌾 Includes mentions of: Food, Magic, Summer, Romance, History, Alcohol, Fantastical Creatures, Music, Humour. Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we have a sleepy and faithful re-telling of William Shakespeare’s classic tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. And dreamlike it truly is – a t ... Show More
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