Johannesburg-based Fireworx Media has announced its latest production, DreamWorld, a four-part, one-hour miniseries which begins its weekly broadcast on SABC1 at 20h30. This local adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream places the star-crossed lovers in a world where they are subject to the whimsical glitter of fame, celebrity and power.
Within this magical world, the lovers find themselves intoxicated by unexpected infatuations.
The environment in Shakespeare’s play is an enchanted forest. In DreamWorld, the “magic’ is provided by the fake glamour of a wedding and events estate. Here, the prick of a thorn-bush is the love potion that throws the characters into a game of musical chairs of unrequited love and misunderstood passions.
DreamWorld attracted the cream of South African talent. The cast includes Lungelo Dhladhla (winner of a SAFTA award for Intersexions); Jafta Mamabolo (Jerusalema); Lindani Nkosi (No.1 Ladies Detective Agency; Zama Zama; Drum); Pope Jerrod (Taste of Rain); Lala Tuku (Generations) and Bubu Mazibuko (Long Walk to Freedom; Man on Ground; Jerusalema).
The series was created and directed by Minky Schlesinger, who penned the script together with Busisiwe Ntintili. Other key crew include producer Bridget Pickering; DOP Jonathan de la Querra; editor Gugu Sibandze and art director Renate Schultz. Music is by Phillip Miller.
