Twelfth Night

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

Or What You Will. Shakespeare comedy of mistaken identity, practical jokes and unrequited love. Rescued from a shipwreck the twins Viola and Sebastian arrive independently in Illyria, both thinking the other is drowned. Viola disguises herself as a boy and finds employment with the Duke who is in love with Olivia. Malvolio is the subject of a cruel joke played on him by Sir Toby Belch (yellow stockings cross-gartered) leading him to believe that Olivia loves him. But Olivia has fallen in love with the disguised Viola, while she is in love with the Duke (following it so far?!).

Cast/Performers

Freema Agyeman (Olivia), Norman Bowman (Antonio), Bally Gill (Orsino), Emily Benjamin (Priest), George Fletcher (Second Officer / Attendant), Demetri Goritsas (Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Michael Grady-Hall (Feste), Gwyneth Keyworth (Viola), Cat McKeever (Sea Captain), Danielle Henry (Maria), Michael Lyle (First Officer / Attendant), Daniel Millar (Fabien), Reece Miller (Ensemble), Thom Petty (Curio), Joplin Sibtain (Sir Toby Belch), Charlotte O'Leary (Olivia's Woman), Rhys Rusbatch (Sebastian), Tom Sowinski (Ensemble), Samuel West (Malvolio), David Whitworth (Valentine)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Presented by: Royal Shakespeare Company
Director(s): Prasanna Puwanarajah, Polly Bennett (movement), Matthew Dewsbury (CDG - casting)
Design: James Cotteril
Costume: James Cotterill
Lighting: Zoe Spurr
Sound: George Dennis