First Encounters: Twelfth Night Cast and Creatives Close Feste Alice Blundell RSC includes: The Winter's Tale, Troy Story, Festive Tales, Young Bloods Trained: ALRA Theatre includes: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Northern Stage); Treasure Island (Stephen Joseph Theatre); Clear White Light (Live Theatre); The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (New Vic, Stoke); The Pied Piper (Cornerstone Arts Centre); Alice in Wonderland, James & the Giant Peach, Wizard of Oz, The Christmas Grump, Tallest Tales from the Furthest Forest (Northern Stage); Beyond the End of the Road (November Club); Far from the Madding Crowd (Watermill, Newbury); No Miracles Here, Five Feet in Front, Bonenkai, The Man Who Thought the Moon Would Fall Out of the Sky (The Letter Room) Television includes: The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe (ITV); The Sister Boniface Mysteries, Hospital People, Inspector George Gently (BBC) Maria Pérola Congo This is Pérola's RSC debut Theatre includes: The House With Chicken Legs (HOME Theatre); The Long Song (Chichester Festival Hall); The Color Purple At Home (Leicester Curve); Our Lady of Kibeho (Theatre Royal Stratford East); The Color Purple (Leicester Curve); original cast of Tina - The Tina Turner Musical (Aldwych Theatre); The Addams Family (UK tour/Mediacorp Singapore); Pinocchio (Stephen Joseph Theatre); Moby Dick (Union Theatre); Oliver! (Grange Park Opera) Television includes: Britain's Got Talent Final 2018, Tonight at the London Palladium, Olivier Awards 2015 and 2016 (all ITV) Concerts/workshops include: Gypsy (Alexander Palace); Sunset Boulevard (Royal Albert Hall); Hamlet (National Theatre Studio Workshop); Rocky The Musical (Workshop); Hey, Old Friends! 85th Birthday Tribute to Stephen Sondheim (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane) Radio includes: Friday Night is Music Night: We Can Be Heroes (BBC Radio 2), D-Day 70 Years On (BBC Radio 2 at the Royal Albert Hall). Antonio / Sir Toby Belch Tyreke Leslie Previous RSC includes: As You Like It, First Encounters: Twelfth Night Other theatre includes: Dead Poets Live: Nonsense Show (Dead Poets Live), Dennis Of Penge, Anna Karenina, Julius Caesar, Intimate Apparel (GSMD), Liter-Airy (My Aerial Home) Film includes: Everybody Alive Wants Answers, Heartband (for Royal Court) Trained at: Guildhall School of Music and Drama Malvolio Emma Manton RSC includes: The Heart of Robin Hood, Love’s Labour’s Lost and Love’s Labour’s Won (revived at Chichester Festival Theatre, transferred to Haymarket Theatre, West End), The Christmas Truce Theatre includes: The Gruffalo (Tall Stories); The Jungle Book (Watermill); His Dark Materials (National Theatre); The Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Chichester Festival Theatre/Gielgud Theatre/West End/Toronto); His Dark Materials (Birmingham Rep); Hitler’s Canary (Watford Palace); The Cat in the Cupboard (Little Angel Theatre); Confusions, Hero’s Welcome (Stephen Joseph Theatre); The Cherry Orchard (Union Theatre); Uncle Glen’s Menagerie (Arcola); The Wind in the Willows (New Vic, Stoke on Trent); Private Peaceful (Nottingham Playhouse/Jonathan Church Productions) Television includes: Doctors, Casualty, Silent Witness, Grandpa in My Pocket (Shrinking Cap Productions); Blank Canvas (Red Wire Media); Cul de Sac (Working Title), The Office (BBC TV) Viola Daniella Agredo Piper This Daniella's RSC debut Theatre includes: Our Man in Havana (The Watermill); La Gringa (Jermyn Street Footprints Festival); The Bacchae (Bread and Roses); Wild Weekend (Vienna’s English Theatre); Momentary Insight (Camden Fringe); The Three Musketeers (workshop); The Secret Garden (Barn Theatre); Electrolyte (Watermill Theatre); Beauty and the Beast (Queens Theatre); Sinbad (New Wolsey Theatre); various roles in Classified (Hounslow Arts Centre); The Legend of Notre Dame, voiceover artist for Hitman 2, The Girl Who Was Cyrano (Out Of Wings Festival) Television includes: Bounty Hunters (Tiger Aspect for Sky One) Olivia Laura Smithers This is Laura's RSC debut Theatre includes: Punk Rock (Lyric Theatre Belfast); A Christmas Carol, As You Like It (Open Bar Theatre); Clarion (Arcola); A Map to You (The Dot Collective); What You Risk (Scrawny Cat Theatre Company); 55 Days (Lyric, Belfast) Orsino Ibraheem Toure RSC includes: Henry VI: Rebellion, Wars of the Roses Other includes: The Isle Tide Hotel (Interflix Media) Sebastian / Sir Andrew Aguecheek Stanton Wright RSC includes: Renaissance Body (RSC/British Museum) Theatre includes: Romeo and Juliet (Stafford Gatehouse); Orlando, Pictures of Dorian Gray (Jermyn Street); Beauty and the Beast (Rose, Kingston); The Kite Runner (UK tour); The Winter’s Tale (National Theatre); The Lion in Winter (English Theatre Frankfurt); All Or Nothing (West End/tour); Lord of the Flies (Courtyard Theatre, Hereford); Take Me Here By The Dishwasher (Barbican); This Moose Belongs To Me (Unicorn Theatre/Brunskill & Grimes); Jackie the Baboon (Orange Tree/Brunskill & Grimes); Florence Loves You (Theatre503) Film includes: Shorts: Belly of the Beast, White Girl, Out of the Box, Rum Previous Next Cast Feste Alice Blundell Maria Pérola Congo Antonio / Sir Toby Belch Tyreke Leslie Malvolio Emma Manton Viola Daniella Agredo Piper Olivia Laura Smithers Orsino Ibraheem Toure Sebastian / Sir Andrew Aguecheek Stanton Wright Creatives Director Robin Belfield Designer Georgie White Music Simon Slater Movement Asha Jennings-Grant Associate Director Nicky Cox About the Play Cast and Creatives First Encounters Learning Platform Production Photos Why theatre for young people is worth investing in More Less About the Play Cast and Creatives Production Photos Why theatre for young people is worth investing in Find out about the cast and creatives for First Encounters: Twelfth Night. In This Section About the Play A hilarious story of heartbreak, hoaxes and hidden identities. We bring Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night to life on stage in just 90 minutes. Find out more First Encounters Learning Platform Shakespeare for younger audiences Find out more Production Photos See photos of our 2022 production of First Encounters with Shakespeare: Twelfth Night See gallery Why theatre for young people is worth investing in Why everyone should take young people's theatre seriously. Director Robin Belfield talks about our approach to introducing Shakespeare to children. Find out more You may also like Pre-theatre dining Read More Getting here Read More Interval Drinks Read more Next Generation Find out more