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Full cast announced for TWELFTH NIGHT, directed by Tom Littler

The cast of Twelfth Night's headshots: Top row from left to right: A neck up headshot on a beige background. They are about 30 with medium length dark brown hair in dreadlocks that are tied half up. They have brown eyes and a left silver nose ring. They are wearing a black camisole. A neck up headshot on a grey background. They are older with shoulder length brown hair and blue eyes. They are wearing a black top and gold hoops with light glam makeup. A chest up headshot on a light grey background. They are middle aged with short grey hair, brown eyes, and tortoise shell framed glasses. They are wearing a black button down shirt with a black suit jacket. A chest up headshot on a black background. They are older with white hair and blue eyes. They are wearing a white button down shirt under a beige suit jacket. A neck up headshot on a white background. They are older with grey hair and blue eyes. They are wearing a blue button down shirt. Bottom row from left to right: A neck up headshot on a light blue background. They are middle aged with short black hair, brown eyes, and a short beard and moustache. They are wearing a grey t-shirt under a blue collared shirt. A neck up headshot on a dark grey background. They are about 30 with short black hair, dark brown eyes, and a shadow of a goatee and moustache. They are wearing a blue t-shirt. A neck up headshot on a wooden background. They are middle aged with short swept back black hair, brown eyes, and a shadow of a beard and goatee. They are wearing a dark collared jacket. A neck up headshot on a grey background. They are about 30 with long curly auburn hair and blue eyes. They are wearing a black top with small black polka dots. A chest up headshot on a grey background. They are about 25 with dark brown hair and hazel eyes. They are wearing a brown t-shirt, with their right arm across their chest.

We’re excited to announce the full cast for Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by OT Artistic Director, Tom Littler.

Oliver Ford Davies, one of the leading Shakespearean actors of his generation, returns to the OT to play Malvolio, opposite Jane Asher as Maria. Patricia Allison (Sex Education) plays Viola, alongside OT favourites Clive Francis as Toby Belch, Robert Mountford as Andrew Aguecheek, and Dorothea Myer‑Bennett as Olivia.

Littler directs a 1940s-set production of Shakespeare’s heartrending and hilarious masterpiece of mistaken identities and secret desires.

OT Artistic Director Tom Littler said today: “There is a special pleasure to watching Shakespeare in an intimate setting, and I can’t wait to discover the poetry, poignancy and wit of Twelfth Night at the Orange Tree. We are delighted to welcome back Jane, Oliver, Clive, Dorothea and Robert to the OT, where all five have given such extraordinary performances. And we are equally thrilled to see five actors making their OT debuts: Stefan Bednarczyk, Tom Kanji, Corey Montague-Sholay and Tyler-Jo Richardson, and the magnetic Patricia Allison as Viola.” 

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Patricia Allison plays Viola. A neck up headshot on a beige background. They are about 30 with medium length dark brown hair in dreadlocks that are tied half up. They have brown eyes and a left silver nose ring. They are wearing a black camisole.

Theatre credits include Jules and Jim (Jermyn Street Theatre); A Doll’s House Part 2 (Donmar Warehouse);  Unprecedented: House Party (Headlong);  A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Sheffield Theatres); The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe  (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Our Town (Royal Exchange Theatre) and Henry V (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre). 

Television credits include His Dark Materials, Extraordinary, Superworm, Sex Education, Behind the Filter, Fame Game, Alan Partridge Comic Relief, Les Misérables, Moving On and Thanks for The Memories.

Film credits include Recursive Dreams, By The Throat, Paradise and Tiny Cow. 

Jane Asher returns to the OT to play Maria, having previously appeared in The Circle. A neck up headshot on grey background. They are middle aged with shoulder length brown hair and blue eyes. They are wearing a black top and gold hoops with light glam makeup.

Her other theatre credits include A Song at Twilight, Moon Tiger (Theatre Royal Bath); An American in Paris (Dominion Theatre); Great Expectations (West Yorkshire Playhouse); The Gathered Leaves (Park Theatre); Pride and Prejudice (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Charley’s Aunt (Menier Chocolate Factory); The Importance of Being Earnest, Farewell to the Theatre, Bedroom Farce (Rose Theatre, Kingston), Blithe Spirit (Vaudeville Theatre), To Those Born Later, The School for Scandal and House/ Garden (National Theatre). 

Her television credits include Holby City (as series regular Lady Byrne), Eve, Stella, Dancing on the Edge, The Old Guys, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Crossroads, Jackanory, Wish Me Luck and The Mistress; and for film: Death at a Funeral, Burn Burn Burn, Drunk on Love, I Give it a Year, Deep End, The Masque of Red Death and Alfie. 

 

Stefan Bednarczyk plays Feste. A chest up headshot on a light grey background. They are middle aged with short grey hair, brown eyes, and tortoise shell framed glasses. They are wearing a black button down shirt with a black suit jacket.

Theatre credits include Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Queen’s Theatre); Semi-Monde (Lyric Theatre); The Games of Love and Chance (National Theatre); The L.A. Plays (Almeida Theatre); Five O’ Clock Angel (Hampstead Theatre, King’s Head Theatre); The Killing of Mr Toad, The Grand Duke (Finborough Theatre) and Christmas Spirits (St James Theatre). 

Oliver Ford Davies returns to the OT to playA chest up headshot on black background. They are older with white hair and blue eyes. They are wearing a white button down shirt under a beige suit jacket. Malvolio, having previously performed in The Promise, Larkin with Women, The Linden Tree and King Cromwell. 

Theatre credits include All’s Well That Ends Well, Much Ado About Nothing, Saint Joan, The Life of Galileo, Playing with Fire, Absence of War, Murmuring Judges, Racing Demon, The Shaughraun, Hamlet, The Shape of the Table, Peter Gynt (National Theatre); King Lear, Coriolanus, Richard II, King Lear, Naked, Ivanov (Almeida Theatre); Cressida, Henry IV Part 2, Written on the Heart, Hamlet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (RSC); Richard II (Barbican, RSC, BAM); The Soldier’s Fortune (Young Vic); Absolutely! (Perhaps) (Wyndham’s Theatre) and Heartbreak House (Theatre Royal Haymarket). 

Television credits include Game of Thrones, Waking the Dead, The Way We Live Now, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Kavanagh QC, Departure, Father Brown and Catastrophe.

Film credits include Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Star Wars Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Atonement, Heidi, Johnny English, An Ideal Husband, Titanic Town, Mrs Brown and Sense and Sensibility. 

Clive Francis returns to the OT to play Sir TobyA neck up headshot on white background. They are older with grey hair and blue eyes. They are wearing a blue button down shirt. Belch, having previously appeared in The Circle.

Theatre credits include The Circle (Theatre Royal Bath); I’m Sorry Prime Minister I Can’t Quite Remember (UK tour); A Christmas Carol (Tabard Theatre); 84 Charing Cross Road (Cambridge Arts Theatre); Slaves of Solitude (Hampstead Theatre); An Inspector Calls (Playhouse Theatre); Les Blancs (National Theatre) and The Gathered Leaves (Park Theatre). 

Television credits include The Crown, Bridgerton, The Larkins, Back, Cursed, The Missing, The 10%ers and Lipstick on Your Collar. 

 

Tom Kanji plays Duke Orsino. A neck up headshot on a light blue background. They are middle aged with short black hair, brown eyes, and a short beard and moustache. They are wearing a grey t-shirt under a blue collared shirt.

Theatre credits include  Richard, My Richard (Shakespeare North Playhouse, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds); Box of Delights, Julius Caesar (RSC); Pinocchio (Unicorn Theatre); Private Peaceful  (Nottingham Playhouse); Home, I’m Darling (Stephen Joseph Scarborough, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Theatre by the Lake); A Christmas Carol (Liverpool Playhouse); Shoe Lady (Royal Court Theatre); Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Rose Theatre); Richard III (Bristol Old Vic); Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Winter’s Tale, Pericles, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, , Doctor Scroggy’s War, Eternal Love (The Shakespeare’s Globe); The Country Wife (Chichester Theatre); Fiddler on the Roof, Romeo and Juliet  and The Sum (Liverpool Everyman). 

Television credits include Supercell, Tyrant, Fifty Ways to Kill Your Lover: Unlucky, Silent Witness, Hustle, Midnight Man and Saddam’s Tribe. 

Corey Montague-Sholay plays Antonio. A neck up headshot on dark grey background. They are about 30 with short black hair, dark brown eyes, and a shadow of a goatee and moustache. They are wearing a blue t-shirt.

Theatre credits include Fanny (The Watermill Theatre); Bacon (Bristol Old Vic, Summerhall, Soho Playhouse New York);  Dismissed (Soho Theatre); The Wind in the Wilton’s (Wilton’s Music Hall); The Prince (Southwark Playhouse); Wendy and Peter Pan (Leeds Playhouse); As You Like It, She Stoops to Conquer (Guildford Shakespeare Company) and The Whip and King John (RSC).

Robert Mountford returns to the OT to play SirA neck up headshot on a wooden background. They are middle aged with short swept back black hair, brown eyes, and a shadow of a beard and goatee. They are wearing a dark collared jacket. Andrew Aguecheek, having previously appeared in She Stoops to Conquer. 

Theatre credits include Much Ado About Nothing, Burnt at the Stake (Shakespeare’s Globe); The Habit of Art (59E59 Theatres); Spike (UK tour); Cancelling Socrates, Homer’s The Odyssey and Vagabonds – My Phil Lynott Odyssey (Jermyn Street Theatre). 

Television credits include Silent Witness, One Night, Torn and According to Bex.

Film credits include Into The Night and The Haunting of Alice Bowles. 

Dorothea Myer-Bennett returns to the OT toA neck up headshot on grey background. They are about 30 with long curly red hair and blue eyes. They are wearing a black top with small black polka dots. play Olivia, having previously appeared in How He Lied To Her Husband, Overruled and While The Sun Shines. 

Theatre credits include Nachtland (Young Vic); Possession (Arcola Theatre); Leopoldstadt (Wyndham’s Theatre); Creditors, Miss Julie (Theatre by the Lake, Jermyn Street Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory); Holy Sh!t (Kiln Theatre) and Rosenbaum’s Rescue (Park Theatre). 

Television credits include The Chelsea Detective, Before We Die and Dodger.

Film credits include The Honourable Rebel, The Payback and The Orchard.

Tyler-Jo Richardson makes his professional stageA chest up headshot on a grey background. They are about 25 with dark brown hair and hazel eyes. They are wearing a brown t-shirt, with their right arm across their chest. debut as Sebastian. 

He is a recent graduate from Guildhall School of Music and Drama. 

Television his credits include Sister Boniface Mysteries, SAS Rogue Heroes and Grace. 

Tom Littler has been Artistic Director for over 2 years. At the OT, he has directed Suite in Three Keys (also Theatre Royal Bath), She Stoops to Conquer, and The Circle (later revived for a national tour by Theatre Royal Bath). 

Other theatre includes Saturday Night (Jermyn Street Theatre, Arts Theatre); A Little Night Music (Budapest); Good Grief (Theatre Royal Bath); Dances of Death (Gate Theatre); Martine (Finborough Theatre); Miss Julie and Creditors (Theatre by the Lake, Jermyn Street Theatre); Tonight at 8.30, Cancelling Socrates, The Tempest, The Odyssey, 15 Heroines (Jermyn Street Theatre); Cabaret (English Theatre Frankfurt, Deutsches Theater Munich) and Hamlet (Guildford Shakespeare Company). He was Artistic Director of Jermyn Street Theatre from 2017 to 2022, before moving to the OT.

Tickets for Twelfth Night are available to book via our website

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