Twelfth Night

Our next production: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
After our successful run of  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at Saughton Park in 2023, we initially said that that was a 'one-off', and that we wouldn't be returning. However, we received so many requests to 'do it again', (plus we'd had so much fun) that it seemed natural that we should go back. So this summer we'll be staging 'Twelfth Night',  one of Shakespeare's most enduring comedies.It's a tale of separated siblings, concealed identities, mischievous schemes and vengeful pranks, with more declarations of love than you could find in a Mills and Boon anthology - and most of them going to the wrong person! All set in motion by some of Shakespeare's best loved characters including Viola, Olivia, Count Orsino, Malvolio, Feste, and Sir Toby Belch amongst many more. Our production is set in the summer of 1967 when the scene was swinging and expectations around gender roles and class were being challenged, all of which we think Mr. Shakespeare would approve of, as these are the themes he was writing about.

With a cast featuring returning faces from previous productions plus a host of new talent, we are once again in the capable hands of Director Helen Schofield and are looking forward to you joining us as we create Illyria in the Italian Garden.

"Be there, or be square", as the Bard might have said.