Details

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?!). Filter’s explosive and irreverent new take on this story of romance, satire and mistaken identity combines dynamic narrative drive with a torrent of sound and music creating one of the most accessible Shakespeare productions of recent years.

Cast/Performers

Oliver Dimsdale, Ferdy Roberts, Jonathan Broadbent, Tom Haines, Ross Hugh, Poppy Miller, Gemma Saunders

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer: Schtanhaus
Company: Filter (in assocation with the Royal Shakespeare Company)
Director: Sean Holmes
Sound(s): Tom Haines, Ross Hugh
Music(s): Tom Haines, Ross Hugh