New production of Twelfth Night is a delightfully camp and queer retelling – review
We’re big fans of the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park – on a warm evening there’s something quite magical about watching the play unfold against a beautiful sunset.
On press night we had perfect conditions – which, sadly, can’t be guaranteed every night – and we had an enchanting evening with this newly-imagined, and delightfully camp and queer, version of Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night, directed by Owen Horsley.
For those unfamiliar, Twelfth Night is a comedy about mistaken identity: Viola (Evelyn Miller) and her twin brother Sebastian (Andro Cowperthwaite) have been shipwrecked, with each believing the other has drowned.
When Viola goes undercover as a boy to gain employment things start to get complicated – what follows is a tale of confused feelings, love triangles and deception.
