twelfth night (august 2022)

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AROUND 1601-1602, WITH ITS FIRST PERFORMANCES DATING BACK AS EARLY AS FEBRUARY 2ND 1602 (AS DOCUMENTED BY LAW STUDENT, JOHN MANNINGHAM). THE PLAY WAS INITIALLY PERFORMED IN LONDON TO CELEBRATE THE END OF THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD, HOWEVER THE TEXT WAS NOT PUBLISHED UNTIL 1623, SEVEN YEARS AFTER SHAKESPEARE’S DEATH.

TWELFTH NIGHT HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN COUNTLESS FORMATS, INCLUDING FILMS, MUSICALS, AND RADIO PRODUCTIONS, AND NOW OLD FRUIT JAR PRODUCTIONS OFFER THEIR FRESH TAKE ON SHAKESPEARE’S FARCICAL CLASSIC!

AFTER A STORM DESTROYS ALL HOPE FOR A RELAXING CRUISE ACROSS THE OCEAN, VIOLA FINDS HERSELF SEPARATED FROM HER TWIN BROTHER AND MAROONED ON AN ISLAND RESORT BOOMING WITH PARTIES, MUSIC, AND ROMANCE! TAKING ON THE PERSONA OF A YOUNG MAN AND CALLING HERSELF CESARIO, VIOLA FINDS WORK UNDER THE LOVE-SICK DUKE ORSINO, WHO USES HER TO WOO A RIVAL BAR OWNER: OLIVIA. NOT ONLY MUST VIOLA USE HER NEW DISGUISE TO FIND HER PLACE IN A STRANGE LAND, BUT SHE MUST ALSO NAVIGATE THE BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE THAT BLOSSOMS...

IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE... PARTY ON!

CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM FOR TWELFTH NIGHT

FLORENCE KING as VIOLA

JORDAN BARKLEY as SEBASTIAN

CHRISTINA ROSE as OLIVIA

ANTHONY ROBERTS as ORSINO

RACHEL McGRATH as MARIA

JOSH ENNIS as MALVOLIO

AMY O'TOOLE as FESTE

LUKE SEDDON as TOBY BELCH

ANGUS EWING as FABIAN

JAMIE PEACOCK as ANDREW AGUECHEEK

IOSEPH MYRDDIN as ANTONIO

LUKE MORGAN as CURIO

TWELFTH NIGHT  WAS WRITTEN BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

DIRECTED BY ALEX CARR