Twelfth Night
Shakespeare in Schools 2024
Writer
William Shakespeare
Director
Debbie Korley
Location
The Sainsbury Theatre
Dates
Thursday 17 October at 6:45pm
Friday 18 October at 2:30pm
The running time is approximately 80 minutes.
About the show
When Viola washes up on the foreign shores of Illyria, she believes her twin brother to be dead. To survive, she disguises herself as a man named Cesario and begins working for Duke Orsino. Love-stricken, Orsino sends Viola (as Cesario) to woo Countess Olivia on his behalf. But Olivia falls for Viola, thinking she’s a man; and Viola has a secret crush on Orsino! Things get crazier when Viola’s twin, Sebastian, washes up on shore. As the town's folk confuse the twins and no one knows who's who, mistaken identities, unexpected romance, and mischief ensues.
About Shakespeare in Schools
Twelfth Night is showing in LAMDA's Sainsbury Theatre as part of our 2024 Shakespeare in Schools tour, and is performed by our graduating MFA Professional Acting students.
Debbie is an actor who has worked extensively in a variety of theatres both in the UK and internationally. She has had on-screen appearances in television shows including Holby City and Doctors, and often records audiobooks, radio plays and voiceover. Debbie’s passion for using drama as a vehicle for personal and professional development is at the core of her teaching and facilitation work.
Theatre credits include Boi Boi Is Dead (West Yorkshire Playhouse/Tiata Fahodzi/Watford Palace Theatre); Things Will Never Be The Same Again and Other Stories (Tricycle Theatre); Black Jesus (Finborough Theatre); King Lear, Little Eagles, Morte d’Arthur, Grain Store, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, American Trade, As You Like It (RSC); Comedy of Errors (RSC/Told by an Idiot); Coram Boy (National Theatre); A Matter of Life and Death (Kneehigh/National Theatre); The Endings (Theatre 503); Feathers in the Snow (National Theatre Studio); Cinderella (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Whistle Down the Wind (West End/Tour); Sick (Almeida); Ten Suitcases (Drill Hall); Aida (Royal Albert Hall); Carmen Jones (Old Vic); The Vagina Monologues, Babes in the Wood (Mercury Theatre, Colchester); Saturday Night (White Bear); The African Maiden (Blue Elephant Theatre).
Film credits include: The Ones Below and Monster.
Television credits include: Casualty, Holy Smoke, Green Balloon Club; Presenter for CBeebies; Night and Dayand Night Fever.
Contains acts of verbal and physical violence, gaslighting, discrimination, misogyny, and gender switching. References to death, grief, xenophobia, and mental health.
Booking
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Creative Team
* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist
Director
Debbie Korley*
Additional Sound Design
Alessandro Quaranta*
Voice Director
George Ryan*
Movement Director
Nicoletta Bonanni*
Music Director
Graeme du Fresne*
Producers
Rebecca Lyle*
Ella Murdoch*
Angel Cupidon*
Cast
Sir Toby
Jaylon Bolden
Feste
Thelma Georgiou
Viola
Emily Hayman
Feste
Dishari Kargupta
Sea Captain/Priest/Officer
Ellie Larkin
Feste
Natalia May
Antonio
Olive McHugh
Feste
Caleb Mercer
Orsino
Kofi Odoom
Malvolio
Max Pink
Sir Andrew
Gavin Rasmussen
Maria
Ashnah Strongheart
Viola
Emily Tidey
Sebastian
Oliver Winn
Olivia
Maggie Zhang
Production Team
* LAMDA staff member or visiting artist
Assistant Director
Paloma Sierra Hernandez
Technical Stage Manager
Abhinav Mishra
Production Manager
Emily Huxley