Twelfth Night

A two-hour-and-twenty-minute theatrical journey under the Australian night sky featuring the Australian Shakespeare Companys classic comedy Twelfth Night. The production introduces Sir Toby Belch, celebrated as the originator of social gatherings; Sir Andrew Aguecheek, an intellectually vacant and comically inept nobleman; Malvolio, a rigid moralist whose character collapses when manipulated by Sir Toby; and Maria, the maid who cleverly outsmarts Malvolio while training Sir Toby in household management. Viola arrives as a shipwrecked woman disguised as a man seeking employment, Olivia is the sorrowful aristocrat who turns down one suitor only to be captivated by another under false identity, and Orsino is the Duke consumed by unrequited love until revelation alters his path. The Australian Shakespeare Company maintains its celebrated tradition of Shakespeare Under the Starsa evening filled with laughter, romance, and poetic chaos suitable for spectators of every age.