The production will open the theatre’s 2024 season on the 3rd May.
Rehearsal images have been released Owen Horsley’s production of Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identities, set for this production against the Mediterranean.
The cast for the production is led by Raphael Bushay (Orsino), Richard Cant (Malvolio), Sally Cheng (Querelle), Andro Cowperthwaite (Sebastian), Anna Francolini (Olivia), Nicholas Karami(Antonio/Captain), Julie Legrand (Feste),Michael Matus (Toby Belch), Evelyn Miller (Viola), Anita Reynolds(Maria), Matthew Spencer (Andrew Aguecheek), Katherine Toy (Valentine/Priest), Jon Trenchard (Fabian/Musical Director), and Harry Waller (Curio/Officer).
At a moonlit cafe surrounded by the sea, Olivia sings a lament to her lost brother, watched on by faded crowd.
When a shipwreck catapults Viola into their world of abandoned festivities, a web of disguise and deception begins. This new injection of life rocks this melancholic community to the core, but can she finally shake them from their languor and get the party started again?
This first production in the theatre’s 2024 summer season features new original songs in addition to the numerous songs in the text of Twelfth Night or What You Will.
Meanwhile, the creative team includes: Basia Binkowska (Set Designer); Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown for Rc-Annie (Fight and Intimacy Directors);Ryan Dawson Laight (Costume Designer); Kate Godfrey(Voice and Text Director); James Hassett Associate Sound Designer); Daniel Hay-Gordon (Movement Director); Lotte Hines (Casting Director); Cory Hippolyte (Associate Director); Owen Horsley (Director); Sam Kenyon (Composer & Musical Supervisor); Aideen Malone (Lighting Designer) and Max Pappenheim (Sound Designer)
Twelfth Night will play at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre from the 3rd May until the 8th June. You can also book tickets via: London Theatre Direct or London Box Office.