TWELFTH NIGHT

Name: TWELFTH NIGHT
Start: 2025-12-08T00:00:00
Location: Barbican Centre

TheRSC

Run Dates

2025.12.08 ~ In repertoire

About the show

‘I was adored once too.’ A woman survives a shipwreck and washes up on an unknown shore. Alone and bereaved of her twin brother, she embarks on a secret new life as a go-between for two people in the extremity of love and grief. Caught up in the ensuing love triangle she experiences the chaos and humanity of unexpected love; and she discovers that in Illyria, everyone is hiding something. With original music composed by singer songwriter Matt Maltese, Prasanna Puwanarajah returned to the RSC to direct a cast including Samuel West as Malvolio, Gwyneth Keyworth as Viola, Freema Agyeman as Olivia, and Bally Gill as Orsino in Shakespeare's bittersweet winter masterpiece; a freewheeling miracle of farce, longing, love and life.

Creatives

William Shakespeare

Playwright/Author

William Shakespeare

Playwright/Author

Details

CAST Freema Agyeman - Olivia Emily Benjamin - Priest Norman Bowman - Antonio George Fletcher - Second Officer/Orsino’s Attendant Bally Gill - Orsino Demetri Goritsas - Sir Andrew Aguecheek Michael Grady-Hall - Feste Danielle Henry - Maria Gwyneth Keyworth - Viola Michael Lyle - First Officer/Orsino’s Attendant Cat McKeever - Sea Captain Daniel Millar - Fabian Reece Miller - Curio's Attendant Charlotte O’Leary - Olivia’s Woman Thom Petty - Curio Rhys Rusbatch - Sebastian Joplin Sibtain - Sir Toby Belch Tom Sowinski - Ensemble Samuel West - Malvolio David Whitworth - Valentine CREATIVE TEAM William Shakespeare - Playwright Prasanna Puwanarajah - Director James Cotterill - Set & Costume Designer Zoe Spurr - Lighting Designer Matt Maltese - Composer George Dennis - Sound Designer Polly Bennett - Movement Director Matthew Dewsbury CDG - Casting Director Lindsey Miller - Music Director Jeannette Nelson - Voice & Text Zac Gvi - Music Associate, Arranger & Additional Music Zoë Templeman-Young - Assistant Director production photo ©Helen Murray

Where it's been performed

Barbican Centre

London

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

RSC

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Stratford

United Kingdom

Stratford

United Kingdom

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