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Alice Lowe Strikes Two-Film Deal With Western Edge Pictures for Horror 'Midsummer Night’s Dream' and 'Sprites'

WEP is now courting partners with the Shakespeare reimagining eyed for summer 2026.

Overview

  • Lowe will write and direct both features and appear in each in a key, non-lead role.
  • Sprites is a dark-comedy horror about a young girl joining a girl guide group, set in the early 1980s and drawn in part from Lowe’s experiences.
  • Lowe says her Midsummer Night’s Dream will lean into the play’s strangeness and darker undercurrents rather than familiar whimsical tones.
  • Producer Vaughan Sivell characterizes the Shakespeare project as “very much Alice’s take,” cites international casting potential, and calls Sprites distinctly British.
  • The team hopes to shoot Midsummer Night’s Dream next summer, with packaging and partner outreach underway on both films.