Twelfth Night

Sir Toby Belch is credited with inventing partying; Sir Andrew Aguecheek has been stripped of both intelligence and natural wit; Malvolio, a power-hungry puritan, experiences a dramatic moral decline when manipulated by Sir Toby; Maria, the housemaid, outsmarts Malvolio while simultaneously training him in household duties. Viola arrives as a shipwrecked girl who adopts male clothing to secure employment; Olivia is a grieving noblewoman who turns down one suitor only to become enamored with another under an assumed identity; Orsino, the Duke, finds his affections redirected when truth and revelation intersect. The Australian Shakespeare Company continues its celebrated tradition of Shakespeare Under the Starsa night filled with laughter, romance, and musical chaos for audiences of every age.