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Festival 2023: Twelfth Night

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When

Fri
30
Jun
2023
Starts @
6:00 pm
Finish @
Picnics from 6, show starts 7:30
From
Fri
30
Jun
2023
To
Doors open @
6:00 pm
Finish approx @
Picnics from 6, show starts 7:30
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Entry

Entry fee, booking advised

Venue

Offcote Grange
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Ashbourne Festival 2023 presents Shakespeare's Twelfth Night with the Illyria Outdoor Theatre Company.

Bring a picnic and dress for the waether.

Following a shipwreck, Viola is washed-up in Illyria, where her only chance for survival is to make use of her quick wit and fine singing voice, disguising herself as a man and applying to work in the court of Duke Orsino.

The lovesick Orsino sends “him” to lady Olivia to woo her on his behalf, but Viola's efforts are so successful that Olivia falls for Viola rather than Orsino. Meanwhile Olivia’s carousing uncle Sir Toby Belch crosses swords with her steward Malvolio and devises a wicked plan to humiliate him. It could all end in tears - even if most of them are of laughter.

Running time (approx): 2hrs 20mins (inc 20 minute interval)

Suitable for ages 8+