“If music be the food of love, play on”
Our Autumn production will be Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and will be performed at the Kenton Theatre in Henley-on-Thames on 16th to 19th October 2024.
Twelfth Night is a tale of unrequited love – hilarious and heartbreaking. Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity is a giddy mix of joy, yearning, farce, frolics and debauched revelry.
Following a shipwreck Viola, who has been separated from her brother Sebastian, disguises herself as a boy in the court of Count Orsino and is tasked on his behalf with wooing the Countess Olivia only to herself become the object of Olivia’s affections. Meanwhile Olivia’s steward Malvolio has ideas above his station when he is tricked into believing his mistress has amorous intentions towards him and wishes to see him dressed in cross-gartered yellow stockings.
Romantic intrigues, cunning deceptions, sexual confusion, and drunken songs abound in one of Shakespeare’s most popular and enduring comedies.
Thank you for a brilliant production of Twelfth Night. The set design was very professional, the costumes and staging were so good and the performances were excellent. We really enjoyed it.