Today we’re throwing it back to one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies... #TwelfthNight!
Keep an eye on our profile throughout the day, and journey with us through time to Illyria as we share snippets to thrill, delight, and bring a little sunshine
#ThrowbackThursday
Keep an eye on our profile throughout the day, and journey with us through time to Illyria as we share snippets to thrill, delight, and bring a little sunshine

#ThrowbackThursday
If music be the food of love, play on 
Who can forget the wonderfully gloriously musical Joshua Lacey as Orsino in our 2017 #TwelfthNight?

Who can forget the wonderfully gloriously musical Joshua Lacey as Orsino in our 2017 #TwelfthNight?
And if you FOREVER want the catchy 70s rock tunes from our 2017 #TwelfthNight in your head, well… https://bit.ly/2R2DUOG
What country, friends, is this?
This is Illyria, lady.
Our 2002 #TwelfthNight experimented with Original Practices, recreating as many of the performance practices of Shakespeare’s own company, including an all-male cast and handmade Elizabethan costumes.
This is Illyria, lady.
Our 2002 #TwelfthNight experimented with Original Practices, recreating as many of the performance practices of Shakespeare’s own company, including an all-male cast and handmade Elizabethan costumes.
We are family
Sister Sledge featured throughout our 2017 #TwelfthNight – with Le Gateau Chocolat as our witty fool, Feste.

Sister Sledge featured throughout our 2017 #TwelfthNight – with Le Gateau Chocolat as our witty fool, Feste.
How does he love me?
In 2016, to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we filmed each of Shakespeare's 37 plays in the locations he imagined. Here's Olivia Williams as Olivia in The Complete Walk #TwelfthNight at Parham House.
In 2016, to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we filmed each of Shakespeare's 37 plays in the locations he imagined. Here's Olivia Williams as Olivia in The Complete Walk #TwelfthNight at Parham House.
O Mistress mine, where are you roaming?
O stay and hear! your true-love’s coming
That can sing both high and low;
Trip no further, pretty sweeting,
Journeys end in lovers’ meeting—
Every wise man’s son doth know.
#TwelfthNight
O stay and hear! your true-love’s coming
That can sing both high and low;
Trip no further, pretty sweeting,
Journeys end in lovers’ meeting—
Every wise man’s son doth know.
#TwelfthNight
Watch me whip whip
Watch me nae nae
Sirs Toby Belch and Andrew Aguecheek sure knew how to throw a party
in our 2016 #TwelfthNight, as part of our flagship education project, #PlayingShakespeare with Deutsche Bank.
Did you see our family production?
Watch me nae nae
Sirs Toby Belch and Andrew Aguecheek sure knew how to throw a party

Did you see our family production?
Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? 

Malvolio certainly is a party pooper.
Paul Chahidi as Maria and Colin Hurley as Sir Toby Belch in our 2012 #TwelfthNight.


Malvolio certainly is a party pooper.
Paul Chahidi as Maria and Colin Hurley as Sir Toby Belch in our 2012 #TwelfthNight.
“M”—Malvolio. “M”—why, that begins my name! 
Watch Act II, scene 5 from our 2017 #TwelfthNight, with Katy Owen as Malvolio.
(We're also 100% Team Malvolio after this scene)

Watch Act II, scene 5 from our 2017 #TwelfthNight, with Katy Owen as Malvolio.
(We're also 100% Team Malvolio after this scene)
Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
The wonderful Stephen Fry as Malvolio in our 2012 #TwelfthNight.
The wonderful Stephen Fry as Malvolio in our 2012 #TwelfthNight.
How now, Malvoli─OH! 
Mark Rylance gets a little surprise from Stephen Fry in our 2012 #TweflthNight.

Mark Rylance gets a little surprise from Stephen Fry in our 2012 #TweflthNight.
He is knight, dubbed with unhatched rapier and on carpet consideration, but he is a devil in private brawl 
Aguecheek. The wrestler. Be afraid. Very afraid.
Marc Antolin as Andrew Aguecheek in our 2017 #TwelfthNight.

Aguecheek. The wrestler. Be afraid. Very afraid.
Marc Antolin as Andrew Aguecheek in our 2017 #TwelfthNight.
One face, one voice, one habit, and two persons,
A natural perspective that is and is not!
Eddie Redmayne and Rhys Meredith as twins Viola and Sebastian in #TwelfthNight at Middle Temple Hall in 2002.
A natural perspective that is and is not!

Eddie Redmayne and Rhys Meredith as twins Viola and Sebastian in #TwelfthNight at Middle Temple Hall in 2002.
We hope you've enjoyed our trip down memory line today with our throwback to #TwelfthNight.
We'll leave you the best way we know how: with a jig!
We'll leave you the best way we know how: with a jig!