Twelfth Night - Regent's Park OAT

[ladidah]

Has anyone seen this yet?



openairtheatre.com/production/twelfth-night-or-what-you-will
seeing tonight!

[nash16]

May 9, 2024 9:40:02 GMT ladidah said:

Has anyone seen this yet?



openairtheatre.com/production/twelfth-night-or-what-you-will

From the seating plans, I don’t think anyone has booked for it yet.

[MrBunbury]

I will go on the 27th.

[ix]

Yes, I went last Saturday. It's a very entertaining production. As with all Shakespeare, you have to give your brain a good 15 minutes to get used to the dense language. They have used the space very well and the cast are outstanding – especially Michael Matus as Toby Belch, playing him in varying stages of drag with platform heels that would give any person vertigo. It's very funny.

[ladidah]

Not loving it so far. Every character feels like they are a different theme, era and genre to the next! The songs are quite dreary, you can feel everyone in the audience waiting for them to end

The Fool is so like Patricia Hodge I keep expecting Miranda to pop up.

[ladidah]

Reviews were mixed, and mostly felt right to me.

[Someone in a tree]

Some good performances but the production didn't quite work for me. An enjoyable and fun night out though.

[ladidah]

Someone else has finally seen it! Did you like the main character portrayals?

[Someone in a tree]

Generally yes.

Anna Francolini singing Fear no more (alas not the sondheim version) was wonderful as was her whole perofmrance. The same for Michael Matus.

[ladidah]

I found the very traditional Viola quite jarring with the more modern portrayals, she felt like she was from a different production. I also thought with such a big Olivia, Orsino felt small.

[ladidah]

I didn't enjoy the production, but considering the weather they must have had poor ticket sales.