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Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare

Welcome in the festive season at the Barbican with Shakespeare’s spellbinding masterpiece Twelfth Night, following a 5 star, sold-out run in Stratford-upon-Avon.

  • Barbican Theatre

    London

    8 Dec 2025 - 17 Jan 2026 Book Tickets

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. 

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.

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 6 weeks only from 8 December 2025 - 17 January 2026 at the Barbican, London.

 

 

LONDON SEASON BOOKING INFORMATION

Priority Booking opens: from Wednesday 9 July
Public Booking: Thursday 17 July

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