2 minute read
Twelfth Night
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Twelfth Night comes with access to Bell Shakespeare’s online hub of premium Shakespeare and production resources, as well as classroom activities, to deepen your students’ understanding and analysis of the play. Students interested in a career as a performer are encouraged to audition for the John Bell Scholarship. Successful applicants will experience a once-in-alifetime opportunity to work with a professional Bell Shakespeare artist and spend a week training with the company.
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TWELFTH NIGHT
By William Shakespeare Directed by Heather Fairbairn
This play features on the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge Booklist
S T
Suitable for Years 10 – 12 and Tertiary Students
Exclusive Western Sydney season
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.
Term 3
DATES & TIMES
Wednesday 2 August at 7:30pm Thursday 3 August at 11am & 7:30pm
DURATION
2 hours 30 minutes (Including 20-minute interval plus 15-minute Q&A following the matinee performance)
PRICE
$20 per student and additional teachers (1 free teacher per 10 students)
NSW State Curriculum Links
SUBJECT CONTENT OUTCOMES
STAGE 5
STAGE 6
English
Drama
English
Drama Text Type: Shakespeare, Comedy. Texts which are widely regarded as quality literature. A wide range of literary texts from other countries and times including drama scripts
Dramatic Forms: Shakespeare, Comedy
Module B: Critical Study of Literature
Dramatic and Theatrical Traditions and Styles: Shakespeare, Comedy. Elements of Production in Performance EN5-1A, EN5-2A, EN5-4B, EN5-5C, EN5-6C, EN5-8D
5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.3
EN11-1, EN11-2, EN11-3, EN11-5, EN11-6, EN11-7, EN11-8, EA11-1, EA11-2, EA11-3, EA11-5, EA11-6, EA11-7, EA11-8
P2.2, P2.6, P3.2, P3.3, P3.4
