Twelfth Night

at Barbican Centre, London

Add to your event list

Tickets Available

Welcome in the festive season with this spellbinding adaptation of Shakespeare's masterpiece, following a five star, sold-out run in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Director Prasanna Puwanarajah revives his ‘inspired and spellbinding’ (The Stage) production, iconically designed by James Cotterill, which sees Samuel West (Malvolio), Freema Agyeman (Olivia), and Michael Grady-Hall (Feste) reprising their critically acclaimed performances.

A woman survives a shipwreck and washes up on an unknown shore. Alone and bereaved of her twin brother, she embarks on a secret new life as a go-between for two people in the extremity of love and grief. Caught up in the ensuing love triangle, she experiences the chaos and humanity of unexpected love; and discovers that in Illyria, everyone is hiding something.

With original music and songs composed by singer songwriter Matt Maltese, don’t miss this bittersweet freewheeling miracle of farce, longing, love and life, playing for six weeks only.

The Royal Shakespeare Company

The aim of the RSC is to keep modern audiences in touch with Shakespeare as our contemporary. That means that as well as the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, our repertoire includes classic plays by international dramatists and work by living writers.

See The Royal Shakespeare Company tour dates

Barbican Centre

Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DS

Website:
barbican.org.uk
Disabled Booking:
020 7638 8891

See all events at Barbican Centre

Barbican Centre

Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DS

Website:
barbican.org.uk
Disabled Booking:
020 7638 8891

See all events at Barbican Centre

Find places to stay near Barbican Centre

on Mon 8 December 2025