This gleefully mischievous take on Shakespeare’s best-loved comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream is knock-you-sideways funny with a heart of Shakespearean gold. In the 400th anniversary year of the Bard’s death, this comic gem is given a fresh cut. Two of London’s most audacious theatre companies have delivered a high-spirited jewel of a show that’ll have you jumping out of your seat.

Every imaginable comic device is here, from spontaneous bursts of song, lycra-clad superheroes, Nerf guns and an epic food fight. The furious physical comedy is matched with an equally thrilling soundscape. A live band and members of The London Snorkelling Team double as mechanicals, exuberantly channelling Barry White and The Ramones. Think doo wop to grunge and a tiny orchestra of electronic tweets – buzzes and magical trills abound.

This is a dazzlingly anarchic dream for our times, raucous and irreverent and bursting with life. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is rolling into town as part of this year’s instalment of the Brisbane Festival.