A play based on William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be staged by students and staff from the School of Communication and Creative Industries at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst, at the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre from Thursday 27 to Saturday 29 May. The Popular Mechanicals is directed by Ms Annabel Scholes, a lecturer in theatre and event management, and is designed by Mr Karl Shead, a theatre technical officer at CSU, in association with CYCLE Productions. “The play was written by Australian playwrights Tony Taylor and Keith Robinson and was first presented in 1987 at the Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney,” Ms Scholes said. “It is the hilarious, off-stage story of six clowns - Bottom, Quince, Flute, Starveling, Snug and Snout - as they prepare for immortal fame by performing their version of Pyramus and Thisbe at the Royal Wedding. As they rehearse they are unaware of their own limitations and foolishness, and we love them for their belief in themselves as they sing and dance their way to inevitable ruination.”