A Very Special Event
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'Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare'
Aberystwyth based Louche Theatre has been chosen by the Royal Shakespeare Company to stage a production as part of their U.K. wide Open Stages programme.
It is the night of the 5th of January in the year 1100….the first Twelfth Night of the Twelfth Century….the eve of Epiphany .
Lying mid-way between Ireland and Wales, then known as Gwalia…in the treacherous Irish sea, is the mysterious island of Ynys Llyria. The North of the island is ruled by an Irish Celtic Duke, Orsino. The South of the island ruled by a Gwalian Countess, Olifia, who has recently lost both her father and brother and now rules alone. Orsino wishes to wed her…not only for love but also to gain control of the whole island. She , however has shut herself away in mourning for her dead brother, and is refusing to answer Orsino’s letters or messages.
A savage storm rages that night and a boat carrying the twins, Viola and Sebastian shipwrecks on the island.Each believes the other to be drowned. Viola disguises herself as a boy and under the name Cesario enters the service of the Duke , with whom she soon falls in love. The Duke sends Cesario to woo Olifia on his behalf but Olifia falls in love with the attractive ‘boy’. As for Sebastian, he has been saved from the shipwreck by sea Captain Antonio and starts to travel around the island in search of Viola.
Meanwhile, Malfolio, Olifia’s steward, disapproves of other members of her household – her uncle Sir Toby Belch, his friend Andrew Aguecheek and the poet and minstrel, Feste. These together with Maria, Olifia’s waiting-woman, plot Malfolio’s downfall ……………
Louche Theatre will be presenting a very ‘Celtic’ version of this most loved of Shakespeare’s comedies as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Open Stages programme and it will contain original live music composed by Meurig Jenkins.
Production dates are Thursday July 19th to Sunday July 22nd.
The venue is the Morlan Centre , Queens Road, Aberystwyth.
The box office is now open for this exciting and original production.
Tickets can be booked by calling the Louche Theatre Box Office on 01970 612617 or by clicking the Box Office link above.
What the critics say...below you’ll find links to reviews of recent productions……..
"Funny, Fast and Fabulous!"
Read the review by Martin Williams at Theatre Wales website 'How the Other Half Loves Review'
"Louche Theatre exemplify the best, their standards are VERY high"________ Theatre in Wales website
' ..this production carries a mischievous humour...an impressive, imaginative representation....'
'Under Milk Wood', November 2011
"From the evidence of Louche’s tender and unsentimental production...a river of pain runs through “Be My Baby.” That makes it big theatre indeed"
Adam Somerset's Theatre in Wales review of
'Be My Baby', April 2011
“It takes an exceptional, professional team to meld a cast of 32 into the fluid, finished and moving production that Louche have achieved”
Adam Somerset's Theatre in Wales review of
'The Roses of Eyam’, Nov 2010
EDINBURGH 2010
Sarah Mair Gates in the key dual roles of Hannah/Sarah is truly astonishing, read the review.....
"I may have travelled at speed from one part of Edinburgh to the opposite area but it was worth it!"
DarkChat review of
'The Remnants of Once Fine Girls' - Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August 2010
"Louche Theatre is one of the companies that exemplify the best…….the standards are very high"
Adam Somerset's Theatre in Wales review of
'The Remnants of Once Fine Girls', May 2009
"Durnall and his company deserve the highest acclamation….a story related in a quiet, non-dogmatic manner for maximum effect"
Paddy Cooper's Theatre in Wales review of
'Effie's Burning', March 2008
Harry Durnall
Artistic Director
Louche Theatre
