Love, deception, ambition, and desire collide in Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s great romantic comedy. A delightful blend of mistaken identity, disguises, and love triangles, Twelfth Night features some of Shakespeare’s most famed passages, with its effervescent comic energy carried swiftly by deeper currents of grief, forgiveness, and transformation. Fast, energetic, and above all gloriously entertaining, Twelfth Night is one of the great playwright’s most popular and enduring stories.
Actors From The London Stage, the renowned five-actor touring group that has been managed and operated by Shakespeare at Notre Dame since 2000, brings Twelfth Night back to the touring circuit in fall 2024. With each actor portraying multiple roles, this dynamic, self-directed ensemble brings a fresh and vivacious energy to each new performance.
FEATURING:
Shona Babayemi: Olivia / Maria / Officers
Sarah Finigan: Toby Belch / Antonio / Valentine
Sam Jenkins-Shaw: Orsino / Feste / Fabian / Servant
Thuliswa Magwaza: Viola / Sebastian
Hayden Wood: Malvolio / Sir Andrew / Curio / Priest / Sea Captain
ENRICH YOUR NIGHT!
The Nanovic Institute is thrilled to join Actors from the London Stage, the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, and faculty fellow Peter Holland, McMeel Family Professor in Shakespeare Studies, to present this special presentation in The Art and Scholarship of Academic Storytelling series.
Before the performance of Twelfth Night on November 1, Jennifer Thorup Birkett, postdoctoral research associate in the Department of English, will offer a pre-show lecture discussing the themes of storytelling and theatre. All are welcome to join this vibrant discussion.
Following the Nov. 1 performance, the institute will host a special post-show Q&A with both the actors and the executive director, moderated by Peter Holland.