William Shakespeare's

Twelfth Night

Shakespeare in Schools 2024

Writer
William Shakespeare

Director
Debbie Korley

Location
The Sainsbury Theatre

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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 theatre both in the UK and internationally. She has also appeared on screen in television and film.  Her audio work spans from radio plays, audio books and video games. Debbie’s passion for using drama as a vehicle for personal and professional development is at the core of her teaching and facilitation work.

She has directed Rules For Living by Sam Holcroft at Arts Educational School and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare for Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Theatre credits include: Coram Boy (Chichester Festival Theatre); Disruption (Park Theatre); I, Joan & Henry VIII (Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre); The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Ruhrtriennale International Festival/Burg Theater-Vienna); The Whip, A Museum in Baghdad, Tamburlaine, Timon of Athens, Little Eagles, Morte D’Arthur, Grain Store, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, American Trade, King Lear, As You Like it (RSC); Comedy of Errors (RSC/Told by an Idiot); Acceptance (Hampstead Theatre); Cargo (Arcola); Beowulf (Unicorn Theatre); King Lear (Talawa/Manchester Royal Exchange/Birmingham Rep);

Boi Boi is Dead (Leeds Playhouse/Watford Palace Theatre); Coram Boy (National Theatre), A Matter of Life and Death (Kneehigh/National Theatre); Prurience, Welcome To The Home (Southbank Centre); The Residents (AlbanyTheatre/Teatro Vivo); Too Clever By Half (Manchester Royal Exchange/Told By An Idiot); Black Jesus (Finborough Theatre); Feathers in the Snow (National Theatre Studio); Cinderella (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Aida (Royal Albert Hall); Whistle Down the Wind (West End/Tour); Sick (Almeida); Ten Suitcases (Drill Hall).

Television/Film credits include: Delicious (Bandit Television/SKY); Holby City, Casualty, Doctors, Holy Smoke, Green Balloon club (BBC); Night and Day (Granada); Night Fever (Five).

King Lear (Saffron Cherry TV/BBC); The One’s Below (Cuba/Tigerlily); I Called You (Double Yellow Productions); My Dear Friend (Paved with Bold/Crystal Pictures); Monster (Barbican).

Contains acts of verbal and physical violence, gaslighting, discrimination, misogyny, and gender switching. References to death, grief, xenophobia, and mental health. 

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*

Crew Support
Elise Frost*