Stafford Gatehouse Theatre has today announced more casting for its upcoming production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Jonathan Hyde will play the role of Nick Bottom and Milly Zero will play the role of Hermia.

Jonathan is possibly best known for his leading roles in films such as Richie Rich, Titanic, The Mummy and Jumanji among many others.

In Titanic, he played infamous White Star Line chairman Bruce Ismay, who encouraged the captain to speed up and then sneaked into a life raft after disaster struck.

On the smaller screen, Jonathan most recently played Eldritch Palmer in four seasons of FX TV series The Strain and also David Napley alongside Hugh Grant in A Very English Scandal for Amazon/BBC.

Jonathan has worked extensively at the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Prospect Theatre Company, Almeida, Menier Chocolate Factory and the great Citizen’s Theatre Company of Glasgow.

Last year he was nominated for an Olivier Award for his role in Gently Down The Stream at the Park Theatre.

Jonathan said: "Shakespeare is very special to me, and so is A Midsummer Night’s Dream; I played Puck in 1978 in the Benjamin Britten opera of the Dream at the Sydney Opera House. And Isobel Buchanan, who was singing Helena, married me two years later. So, to be reunited with the Dream 45 years later and to be playing Nick Bottom is a real thrill."

Milly Zero is best known as Dotty Cotton in BBC’s ‘EastEnders’. Milly trained at The BRIT School for Performing Arts in London and graduated in 2017. She has also appeared in the Netflix series ‘The Crown’.

She said: ‘I can’t wait to get on stage at The Gatehouse, with such a wonderful cast and team. Hermia is a wonderfully fiesty, defiant and exciting character and I feel very lucky to get the chance to take her on!’’

The production will also feature Broadway star Kerry Ellis and will be directed by Sean Turner.

A Midsummer Night's Dream runs from 23 June - 9 July at Stafford Gatehouse Theatre and tickets are available from gatehousetheatre.co.uk or 01785 619080.