Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company

Twelfth Night

By William Shakespeare

"Present mirth hath present laughter"

Friday 24 September - Saturday 16 October

Auditorium - Tickets: £7.50 - £26.50

2 hours and 20 minutes (including interval)

Details

Director: Paulette Randall

Cast: Curtis Jay Cole, Michael Ellis, Ashley J, Nicholai La Barrie, Rebecca Herod, Anthony Ofoegbu, Marcus Powell, Tracey Saunders, Seun Shote, Steve Toussaint, Velile Tshabalala, David Webber

In Shakespeare’s captivating comedy, mismatched lovers and devious tricksters navigate the slippery shores of Illyria in search of their own happy endings.

A shipwreck separates twins Viola and Sebastian, but tragedy quickly turns to comedy when they wash up in a land turned upside-down by love. With raucous antics, ravishing language and rich characters, Shakespeare creates a bittersweet tale of laughter and longing.

Twelfth Night features some of Shakespeare’s finest comic characters including Sir Toby Belch, Sir Andrew Aguecheek and the victim of their constant torment Malvolio.

Paulette Randall returns to Nottingham Playhouse following her previous highly acclaimed productions Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, Angel House and Three Sisters.

Director: Paulette Randall
Designer: Libby Watson
Lighting Designer: Kevin Treacy
Sound Designer: Drew Baumohl
Musical Director: Delroy Murray
Choreographer: Jackie Guy
Capoeira Choreographer and Dance Captain: Seun Shote

Julie Sanders from The University of Nottingham will be giving a talk before the show on Wednesday 6 October at 6pm. Places are free but limited, call Box Office to book.

For details of our Lost Shakespeare Day on Monday 11 October including panel discussions and a reading of Double Falsehood click here

Twelfth Night is sponsored by:

Nottingham Playhouse’s autumn season is sponsored by:

Dates & Times

Twelfth Night - Fri 24 Sep 7:45pm Fri 24 Sep	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Sat 25 Sep 7:45pm Sat 25 Sep	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Mon 27 Sep 7:45pm Mon 27 Sep	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Tue 28 Sep 7:45pm Tue 28 Sep	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Wed 29 Sep 7:45pm Wed 29 Sep	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Thu 30 Sep 1:30pm Thu 30 Sep	Auditorium	1:30pm
Twelfth Night - Thu 30 Sep 7:45pm Thu 30 Sep	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Fri 1 Oct 7:45pm Fri 1 Oct	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Sat 2 Oct 7:45pm Sat 2 Oct	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Tue 5 Oct 7:45pm Tue 5 Oct	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Wed 6 Oct 7:45pm Wed 6 Oct	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Thu 7 Oct 1:30pm Thu 7 Oct	Auditorium	1:30pm
Twelfth Night - Thu 7 Oct 7:45pm Thu 7 Oct	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Fri 8 Oct 7:45pm Fri 8 Oct	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Sat 9 Oct 2:30pm Sat 9 Oct	Auditorium	2:30pm
Twelfth Night - Sat 9 Oct 7:45pm Sat 9 Oct	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Tue 12 Oct 7:45pm Tue 12 Oct	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Wed 13 Oct 7:45pm Wed 13 Oct	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Thu 14 Oct 1:30pm Thu 14 Oct	Auditorium	1:30pm
Twelfth Night - Thu 14 Oct 7:45pm Thu 14 Oct	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Fri 15 Oct 7:45pm Fri 15 Oct	Auditorium	7:45pm
Twelfth Night - Sat 16 Oct 7:45pm Sat 16 Oct	Auditorium	7:45pm

Reviews

****

— The Guardian

roundly entertaining

— ng-magazine.com

it’s enormous fun

— The Stage

a saucy Elizabethan rom-com

— Guide2Nottingham.com

a joyous evening’s entertainment

— The British Theatre Guide

Can't wait to see 12th night !! I just love Shakespeare and I could happily watch his work till the cows came home and went out and came home again.

Jason Clay Ba (open ) from Sutton-In-Ashfield
Watch out for Marcus Powell as Malvolio - He'll knock your socks off! (If that's not too un-Shakespearian an expression!!)

Mitch Mitchell from March Cambridgeshire
It's not un-Shakespearian - as long as he knocks your yellow cross-gartered socks off

Charlie Westenra
look out for Velile Tshabalala , a star of the future with great stage presence.

david matthews from gravesend
What a brilliant production. Very funny indeed, I loved every minute. As another reviewer said, Malvolio was a real treat, but congratulations to all of the cast, very well done.

Steve Medcalf from Nottingham
We attended the prevew performance on Sat 25th Sept. An immensly satisfying experience! The choice of time and location for the piece seemd a little unusual, but this worked extremely well. The cast were all very good and I have never seen a better Malvolio! I've heard all of the jokes before but have never laughed so loud! Well done to all!

Tony Wells from Nottingham
Fantastic show last night (27th). A wonderful and imaginative adaptation of a much loved play, and a brilliant cast. I agree with Tony Wells, I have never seen a better Malvolio, and at the end his singing voice was a relevation. Well done and many congratulations to everyone

Gary Coombes from Scrooby, Doncaster
Excellent dancing. Excellent teamwork. Actors
so versatile. Best performance of my ninety years!
I very much enjoyed "The rain it raineth every day."

Jean Dobson from Nottingham