Twelfth Night

OR WHAT YOU WILL

By William Shakespeare

Translated into Japanese by Kazuko Matsuoka

Song Lyrics by Maoko Imai

This Toho Company production opened at the Nissay Theatre in Tokyo on 8th March 2015 and ran until the 30th March before touring to Ooita and Osaka.

This was the very last theatre design by the great South African designer Johan Engels, who died shortly before the production went into rehearsal. He adored Japan and was greatly looking forward to working in Tokyo on a play he loved. Alas, his friends and colleagues had to go on without him and dedicated their work on the show to his loving memory.

Creative team

Directed by John Caird
Set and Costumes by Johan Engels
Lighting by Ryuichi Nakagawa
Music by John Cameron
Sound by Toshiya Honma
Fights directed by Hiroshi Atsumi
Associate Set Designer Matt Rees
Costume Supervisor Binny Bauerman
Set and Costume Assistant Yuko Iwata
Lighting Assistant Yasuko Abe
Musical Direction by Kayo Nagano
Music Programming Keichiro Koga
Assistant to the Director Maoko Imai
Assisant Director Ikkou Ueda
Stage Manager Masato Usami
Photos by Shumpei Tauchi & Aki Tanaka

Cast

DUKE ORSINO'S HOUSEHOLD
Orsino Ryosei Konishi
Valentine Seiji Sasaki
Curio Shinya Senda
First Officer Sungrak Kim
Second Officer Sho Ikushima
Third Officer Junya Hirano
Viola Kei Otozuki
Sea Captain Hiroshi Miyakawa
Sailors Sho Ikushima & Junya Hirano
COUNTESS OLIVIA'S HOUSEHOLD
Olivia Tomoko Nakajima
Sir Toby Belch Haruhiko Jo
Sir Andrew Aguecheek Zen Ishikawa
Maria Megumi Nishimuta
Malvolio Satoshi Hashimoto
Feste Songha
Fabian Tatsumi Aoyama
Fabian’s Boy Haruka Manase
Sir Topaz Shinichiro Uchida
Gentlewomen Motoko Orii & Shizuka Kono
ILLYRIA
Sebastian Kei Otozuki
Antonio Makiya Yamaguchi
First Officer Robert Fransson
Second Officer Jimmy Endelewy
Third Officer Mikael Kallin
MUSICIANS
Keyboard/Conductor Kayo Nagano
Violin Masahiko Sakurai
Viola Hirono Ootsuji
Cello Kosuke Tanaka