All are genuinely funny with excellent comic timing, and bring out the full effects of a text that is stuffed full of double meanings and dexterous language. Sophie Russell plays Malvolio as an understated puritan until bursting into his awful comic incarnation in a yellow body-sock. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Victoria Elliott’s wise clown, Feste, is whip-smart and nimble, albeit with a too soft singing voice that doesn’t carry above the orchestra. Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 16011602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. Andrew Aguecheek (George Fouracres) is a fantastic idiot in pastel colours and a cravat. T his Sunday, 23 April, St George’s Day, traditionally Shakespeare’s birthday, 12 copies of the exceedingly rare first edition of his plays will go on public view around the country. A swaggering and sometimes staggering Sir Toby Belch (Nadine Higgin) comes on with a crate of beer. What is clear is that Sean Holmes’s production excels at the job of lifting us up and making us laugh.Įvery comic character is clearly drawn and expertly played. Whether these shows mark a collective retreat into comfort viewing and escapism is a moot point. Shakespeare’s most merry of romps, abounding with music, love triangles and pleasing silliness, sits squarely among it. P ost-pandemic theatre in the UK seems to be bringing us a slew of upbeat musical revivals, classics and feelgood fare.
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