By William Shakespeare
Tue 15 – Sat 20 July at 8pm, At Groombridge Place Fri 11th and Sat 12th July at 8pm
Lyrical, emotional, bitter-sweet and hugely funny, Twelfth Night is a spectacular concoction of cross-dressing and confusion where everyone is in love with the wrong person.
Viola loves Orsino, who loves Olivia, who loves Sebastian and his twin brother Cesario, who also happens to be Viola!
Twelfth Night is where illusion and fantasy collide and appearances are not quite what they seem and one and all fall spectacularly in the mythical land of Illyria. TTC unscramble the confusion, madness and mayhem, whilst breathing new life and vitality into Shakespeare’s most poignant comedy, creating a glittering evening of music, mischief, comedy and romance.
“Why, this is the very midsummer madness”.
Bring a rug and picnic and settle down to a lovely evening of great entertainment. Performances will be held in the Trinity Theatre Gardens, inside if wet.
Cast:
ORSINO: Stephen Upsall
OLIVIA: Gilly Thorpe
SEBASTIAN: Chris Woodward
VIOLA: Samantha Comfort
SIR TOBY BELCH: Peter Emanuel
SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK: Humphrey Skett
MARIA: Honor Southam
MALVOLIO: Glen Marks
FESTE: Emma Sharnock
ANTONIA: Emma Doyle
VALENTINE: Stephen Batchelor
CURIA: Jenny Hills
FABIAN: Sam Jagelmen
FATHER/PRIEST: Derek Bethmann-Hollweg
1ST POLICEMAN: Tommy Simpson
2ND POLICEMAN: Paul Beard
Staff of Orsino and Olivia:
Tommy Simpson, Christa Saskell, Claire Hills, Rebecca Relf,
Jodie Smethem, Roz Ellman, Paul Beard
Directed by Helen Tudball
Stage Manager: Fran Pepper