Twelfth Night, or What You Will - Globe Tickets

Shakespeare's classic gender-bending romantic comedy, Twelfth Night, or What You Will, returns to the Globe Theatre this summer—the play's second London staging since the pandemic. Book Twelfth Night, or What You Will tickets on LondonTheatre.

Be transported to Illyria, where an exciting festival is in full swing. Amidst the excitement, Viola becomes shipwrecked. She decides to disguise herself as a man named Cesario to work for Duke Orsino; unexpectedly, Countess Olivia, whom Orsino is in love with, falls for Cesario instead of Orsino. At the same time, Viola's long-lost twin brother, Sebastian, who was presumed dead, also arrives in Illyria. Thus ensues a comedy of mistaken identities.

The excellent ensemble bringing this play to life includes Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́, Ian Drysdale, Jocelyn Jee Esien, Aarushi Ganju, Alison Halstead, Laura Hanna, Solomon Israel, Henry Jenkinson, Joshua John, Max Keeble, Kwami Odoom, Pearce Quigley, Emmy Stonelake, and Jos Vantyler.

Twelfth Night, or What You Will in London is directed by Robin Belfield (Princess Essex), Jean Chan (Shanghai Dolls) is the designer, Paul Benzing (Hedda Gabler) is the fight director, Ingrid Mackinnon (The Importance of Being Earnest) is the movement and intimacy director, and Simon Slater (Julius Caesar) is the composer.

Twelfth Night, or What You Will, is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1601 or 1602, with its earliest public staging in February 1602 at Middle Temple Hall. This play's name was a reference to the twelfth night after Christmas Day, which is also known as the Eve of the Feast of Epiphany. The story also references the ancient region of the Western Balkans; the coast covered modern-day Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Albania.

Since its first performance, Twelfth Night, or What You Will, has become one of Shakespeare's most famous plays and has been staged countless times worldwide.