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Twelfth Night

Where
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW 2000
The Playhouse
When

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, 6:30pm to 9pm Thursdays to Saturdays, 7pm to 9:30pm Sundays, 4pm to 6:30pm Tuesday 24 October 2023 to Sunday 19 November 2023

Matinees on Saturdays at 1pm

Cost

Starting from: $45

Viola is shipwrecked and believes her twin Sebastian lost to the ocean.

Washed up in a strange new land, determined to survive, Viola disguises herself as a man named Cesario and finds work with Duke Orsino, only to fall head over heels in love with him. But Orsino is in love with Olivia, who – grieving for her brother – refuses all offers of romance. Until, that is, she meets Cesario for the first time. A whirlwind of passion ensues, leaving no one unaffected, not even Olivia’s prudish housekeeper Malvolia, played by Jane Montgomery Griffiths (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Titus Andronicus).

Heather Fairbairn’s fresh retelling of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy is a dark collision of hidden identities and unrequited love. Featuring all-new music by Sarah Blasko, Twelfth Night ultimately asks us to find light in the darkness.

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