SHAKESPEARE’S popular romantic comedy Twelfth Night will help warm up your winter; it will be performed for a limited run from 5 to 15 July at The Masque in Muizenberg.
Twelfth Night is one of the bard’s most classic comedies, featuring a cross-dressing love triangle, a wise-cracking fool, drunken shenanigans and a pair of yellow cross-gartered stockings.
Director Barbara Basel is playing into the theme of freedom and chaos from the traditional festival of the 12th night of Christmas by setting this production in 1920s Germany and the opulent Weimar Republic. Instead of classic palaces, audiences will get cabaret nightclubs and all the decadence that goes with them.
The cast for 2023 sees a few faces returning, including Wayne Ronne as Duke Orsino, Tami Schrire as Lady Olivia, Hannah Molyneux as Feste the fool, and Kathryn Griffiths as Maria.
More than 60 years old, The Masque is an iconic venue in the Cape Town cultural landscape. A unique and historic space, it has been home to many amateur theatre societies over the years and was established by local attorney Bertie Stern with the objective of encouraging voluntary participation in all forms of theatre by all people.
DETAILS
- Performance times: 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14 July at 8pm; 8 and 15 July at 2.30pm; 8 and 15 July at 6.30pm
- Dress up, “Masque” up and join the fun on the special Masquerade on Friday 7 July
- Tickets R100-R120, book here
- Cash bar and simple snacks are available for sale at the theatre
- The Masque is at 37 Main Road, Muizenberg
- Parking is available at the venue. Wheelchair access and facilities available
- The Masque has a back-up generator so the show will go on, even when there is load-shedding
