5 actors, puppets, live music, audience participation, song, dance, lots of Shakespeare, a smattering of modern, and the whole story of Twelfth Night packed into an hour.
Synopsis
Like all great love stories it begins with a storm, a ship wreck and a pair of identical twins. Our heroine, Viola, is washed up on the shores of a remote mad cap island. Alone, hungry, and penniless she is forced to use all her survival skills. The only job going is in the local hospital run by the formidable Dr Maria. The only problem is she's looking for a male doctor to attend to the love-sick Orsino. Viola disguises herself as Doctor Cesario. Now we all know that love makes the world go round; and it also puts people in a spin: Viola falls for Orsino who's in love with Olivia who goes crazy for the new 'hot doc on the block' Cesario! How will the other patients, party animal Sir Toby and his foolish friend Sir Andrew, react to this young upstart? And will Olivia's personal assistant, the pompous and jealous Malvolio, be able to cope with Olivia's latest infatuation? What could make this knot any knottier? The arrival of Viola's long lost brother, Sebastian, of course! Mayhem, mistaken identity, madness ensue.
A great production-enjoyed very much by the mixed audience-for a variety of different reasons.
Acting, puppetry and music suited all of our pupils and was enagaging and of a high standard.
Katie Payne, Year 6 Teacher, St Giles SEN school