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'If music be the food of love, play on'
Cross-dressing, hijinks and bittersweet hilarity as Emma Rice directs Shakespeare’s timeless, soulful and irrepressible comedy.
Synopsis
Twins Sebastian and Viola are shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, separated and believing each other to be dead. Beside herself with grief, Viola disguises herself as a boy and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino.
The Duke, madly in love with the Countess Olivia, sends Viola to woo on his behalf...
Olivia falls in love with the cross-dressed page while Viola falls deep and fast for Orsino. Meanwhile, mischievous servants play painful pranks at each other’s expense. Heady chaos ensues as griefs, loves and deep human confusions collide, but fear not! Sweet resolution wins the day as friends, twins and lovers are reunited.
Running time: 148 mins
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Creative
Director:
Emma RiceDesigner:
Lez BrotherstonComposer:
Ian RossLighting Designer:
Malcolm RippethChoreographer:
Etta MurfittSound Designer:
Simon BakerFight Directors:
Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-BrownCast
Orsino:
Joshua LaceyViola:
Anita-Joy UwajehMalvolio:
Katy OwenSir Andrew Aguecheek:
Marc AntolinSebastian:
John Pfumojena -
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Madeleine Casey @mbbcasey
Had tears & laughter @The_Globe #TwelfthNight. Tender, funny, sad by turns. Heartbreaking Malvolio. Tried to catch him at the end. #immersed
Beatrice Bazell @beatricebazell
Just saw #twelfthnight @The_Globe & #lovedit, seen the play so often but it felt so fresh, and so funny, thanks @Fi_Bradley #shakespeare
Meg Chaplin @megchaplin
#TwelfthNight at the Globe was FANTASTIC, but did I expect any different? A cast with incredible energy, just so much fun! @The_Globe
Alice Bloom @alicehbloom
Loved #TwelfthNight at @The_Globe last week. Pacy, bawdy, and playful. I left with a warm fuzzy feeling! #KatyOwen superb as Malvolio too.
Anna Franek @anna_franek
#TwelfthNight transformed @The_Globe into a glittery O of FUN this afternoon. Stand out performance goes to Katy Owen's moustache...
Oliver Scullion @oscullion
#TwelfthNight @The_Globe was superb! Such an incredibly fun show and @LeGateauChoc was out of this world. That voice 😍
Colin Ryan @ColinRyan
Anarchic Shakespearean hilarity @The_Globe - #TwelfthNight is a riot! @netsymac's Olivia is sublime and @marcantolin's Andrew, hysterical!
Laurie @laurie0brien
Great evening @The_Globe #TwelfthNight . Engaging & energetic. Definitely eased my post-holiday blues! Especially @marcantolin & Katy Owen
Lisa Minichiello @LMMinichiello
Wow, a joyous and sparkling evening watching #TwelfthNight at the @The_Globe Incredibly energetic ensemble work. A little bit of magic! 💫💥
Natalie Upton @Nat_Upton
A fab time @The_Globe seeing #TwelfthNight so much fun, sparkle, kilts and naughtiness all while learning #Shakespeare LOVE this place 🙌🌟🙌
Federica Romaniello @fede_romaniello
Still smiling like a child after watching #TwelfthNight at @The_Globe! Superb acting and @LeGateauChoc rocks sequin like no one else!
Lucy Rivers @LucyRivers1
LOVED #TwelfthNight @The_Globe amazingly talented cast/band, lush music. I laughed, cried, boogied and was wowed by Katy Owen #gonnamissthis
Lucy @magiclucy
Mesmerised by beautiful tones & shimmering robes of @LeGateauChoc #twelfthnight @The_Globe. Malvolio also incredible, & what a setting 💫🌈✨
Sean Ketteringham @seeanate
Watching #twelfthnight @The_Globe quote my sister: "oh my god this is dangerous" YES! Dangerous, wonderful, radical, bold
Emily Whitehouse @EmRWhitehouse
Fabulous production of #TwelfthNight @The_Globe. A show that achieves greatness! @tonyjay78, @marcantolin and Joshua Lacey were a delight. 👏
Dickon Farmar @DickonFarmar
I have the "if music be the food of love" song stuck in my head @The_Globe! #TwelfthNight
Gemma Webb @gemmaw700
nautical & naughty, camp & Celtic, glittery & glam 1970s mash-up from #EmmaRice, @LeGateauChoc and co in #TwelfthNight @The_Globe tonite! ❤️
Virginia Stuart Taylor @VStuartTaylor
#Shakespeare's #TwelfthNight at @The_Globe, complete with an operatic drag queen, tartan in every colour under the sun, & a 70s soundtrack!
Hannah Keddie @hannah_keddie_
Rounded off my #MondayFunday @The_Globe watching #TwelfthNight- not laughed so hard in a very long time! Brilliant comedy, music and pizzaz!
Vicki @vitticrow
A welsh Malvolio made me more happy than it should! Chapeau @The_Globe #TwelfthNight was amazing 👏🏼
Eva Adams @Eva5674
@The_Globe #twelfthnight Incredible! So much fun! A-mazing cast! #EmmaRice has done it again. They just keep knocking them out the park!!
Rakshita Patel @MycroftBrolly
#TwelfthNight @The_Globe. Truly joyous. A riot of song, dance, colour and laughter. Loved it. 5 shining stars :)
Jocelyn Cox @JoJoJoCox
#twelfthnight is truly joyous and life-affirming. Never before felt a @The_Globe audience connect with Shakespeare, laugh and feel like that
Susan Aldridge @aldridge_susan
@The_Globe #TwelfthNight - was apprehensive about whether I'd enjoy this but won over by joyousness and talent of the cast
Lydia Bakelmun @lydiabakelmun
#twelfthnight a riotous midnight voyage aboard the SS Union @jamestomp! Sassy, sequinned, melodiously soulful, rollicking joy! 💕@The_Globe
Lucy Hagan-Walker @haganhyphen
Almost forgot I saw the joyfest that is #TwelfthNight @The_Globe yesterday & came away beaming & sexually confused about mullets.
Kate Foy 🌈 🇦🇺 @Dramagirl
I adored it - witty, full of heart, and joyously transgressive. Thanks to the #twelfthnight team and the glorious Emma Rice #twelfthnight
Tom Bovington @tom_bovington
#TwelfthNight @The_Globe is a big explosion of glitter and play, absolutely joyous. Left beaming. Bravo @dirklacey and his mullet 😉
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