Twelfth Night

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Friday, November 8th, 2013
Friday - 7:30 Saturday - 2:00 Saturday - 7:30 Sunday - 2:00

The Year III class "Company C", mounts the classic Shakespeare comedy, Downtown Abbey style. Stratford director Darcy Evans is staging the show with a feel not unlike the popular British television show. Set in the early 1920s, chambermaids, butlers, and footmen worked to run the house for the nobles, as in �Twelfth Night.�

�Twelfth Night� tells the story of a ship-wrecked girl Viola, who disguises herself as a man, Cesario, to be hired to serve the Duke of Illyria. The Duke, Orsino, uses �Cesario� to woo the maiden Olivia on his behalf. However, Olivia ends up falling for �Casario,� and Violia falls for the Duke. This epic love triangle becomes the main plot for the show, with drunken uncles, fools, and mischievous chambermaids popping in along the way. This comedy is sure to leave audiences laughing.

The show is presented by the Year III class at the Canadian College of Performing Arts. The students are part of the cast and most of the production roles, a unique experience for Canadian artists so close to launching their professional careers. �This program gives us the courage and skills needed to become more than just actors. I myself have a much clearer idea on what it really means to put up a show,� says Alex Dorward who plays Olivia and is providing sound design for the production.

As Maria, the head chambermaid, says: "If you desire the spleen, and will laugh yourself into stitches, follow me".