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Full Casting Announced for the RSC's Twelfth Night


Twelfth Night rehearsals photograph. Photo by Jonny Ruff.


Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah. The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from Thursday 5 December 2024 – Saturday 18 January 2025

Preview 


Full casting is announced for the RSC’s upcoming production of Twelfth Night, which runs at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon between Thursday 5 December 2024 and Saturday 18 January 2025, with a press performance on Thursday 12 December, 7pm.


 Joining the previously announced Samuel West (Malvolio) and Gwyneth Keyworth (Viola) are Freema Agyeman (Olivia) and Bally Gill (Orsino).


Freema Agyeman will make her RSC debut as Olivia. Her most recent theatre credits include Jamie Lloyd’s Romeo and Juliet (2024) and the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre’s God of Carnage (2023). She is perhaps best known for her roles as Martha Jones in Doctor Who and, more recently, as Dr. Helen Sharpe in New Amsterdam.


Freema Agyeman plays Olivia. Photo by Gage Skidmore.


Bally Gill, who played Oberon/Theseus in Eleanor Rhode’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream earlier this year, returns to the RSC as Orsino. This will be his fifth time performing in a Shakespeare play at the RSC, having also appeared in Coriolanus, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. He was awarded the Ian Charleson Award in 2018 for his performance as Romeo. Bally’s TV credits include Agent Singh in Slow Horses and Rashid in Interview with the Vampire.


Amongst Samuel West’s well-known recent credits are All Creatures Great and Small, Apple TV’s Slow Horses and Darkest Hour. Gwyneth Keyworth is best known for playing Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird at the Gielgud Theatre, for which she won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Performer in 2023.


Samuel West. Photo by Seamus Ryan.


The full cast comprises: Freema Agyeman (Olivia), Emily Benjamin (Priest), Norman Bowman (Antonio), George Fletcher (Second Officer/Orsino’s Attendant), Bally Gill (Orsino), Demetri Goritsas (Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Michael Grady-Hall (Feste), Danielle Henry (Maria), Gwyneth Keyworth (Viola), Michael Lyle (First Officer/Orsino’s Attendant), Cat McKeever (Sea Captain), Daniel Millar (Fabian), Reece Miller (Orsino’s Attendant), Charlotte O’Leary (Olivia’s Woman), Thom Petty (Curio), Rhys Rusbatch (Sebastian), Joplin Sibtain (Sir Toby Belch), Tom Sowinski (Orsino’s Attendant), Samuel West (Malvolio) and David Whitworth (Valentine).



Director, Prasanna Puwanarajah, who returns to the RSC having last directed Venice Preserved here in 2019, said: “I’m delighted and honoured to be back in the RSC rehearsal rooms working on this beautiful play with such a terrific company of performers and creative collaborators; some are new to the RSC and some are veterans of the company, some are long-term collaborators of mine and some are exciting and wonderful new creative partnerships. They are a kind, creative, bold and soulful group of artists, and I’m so grateful to Casting Director Matthew Dewsbury, the whole of the RSC Casting Department and to Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey for their work in putting together this stunning ensemble.”


Gwyneth Keyworth. Photo by Seamus Ryan.


Joining director, Prasanna Puwanarajah in the creative team are: James Cotterill as Set and Costume Designer, Zoe Spurr as Lighting Designer, Matt Maltese as Composer, George Dennis as Sound Designer, Polly Bennett as Movement Director and Matthew Dewsbury CDG as Casting Director.

  

Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night tells the story of a woman who survives a shipwreck and washes up on an unknown shore. Alone and bereaved of her twin brother, she embarks on a secret new life as a go-between for two people in the extremity of love and grief. Caught up in the ensuing love triangle she experiences the chaos and humanity of unexpected love; and she discovers that in Illyria, everyone is hiding something.


Special performances.

Chilled Performance: Saturday 21 December, 1.15pm

Handheld Captioned Performance: Friday 27 December, 7.15pm

Audio Described Performance: Saturday 04 January, 1.15pm

Captioned Performance: Saturday 11 January, 7.15pm

Chilled Performance: Thursday 16 January, 1.15pm

Audio Described Performance: Friday 17 January, 7.15pm

Press Night: Thursday 12 December, 7pm

Director Talk: Wednesday 11 December, 5.15-6pm

Post Show Talk: Monday 6 January

Unwrapped: Twelfth Night – Saturday 18 January, 10.15 – 11.15am

 

For more information: https://www.rsc.org.uk/twelfth-night/ Or call Box office: 01789 331111.

 

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