Twelfth Night

or What You Will

Nissay Theatre, Tokyo

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 byJohn Caird
Set and Costumes byJohan Engels
Lighting byRyuichi Nakagawa
Music byJohn Cameron
Sound byToshiya Honma
Fights directed byHiroshi Atsumi
Associate Set Designer Matt Rees
Costume Supervisor Binny Bauerman
Set and Costume Assistant Yuko Iwata
Lighting Assistant Yasuko Abe
Musical Direction byKayo Nagano
Music Programming Keichiro Koga
Assistant to the Director Maoko Imai
Assisant Director Ikkou Ueda
Stage Manager Masato Usami

Cast

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
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
GentlewomenMotoko Orii & Shizuka Kono
Sebastian Kei Otozuki
Antonio Makiya Yamaguchi
First Officer Robert Fransson
Second Officer Jimmy Endelewy
Third Officer Mikael Kallin
Keyboard/Conductor Kayo Nagano
Violin Masahiko Sakurai
Viola Hirono Ootsuji
Cello Kosuke Tanaka