Twelfth Night Tickets

The great Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa understood the links between classical Japanese culture and Shakespeare when he adapted Macbeth as Throne of Blood and King Lear as Ran. The Green T theatre company, with Burnsville's Chameleon Theatre Circle, turned their own adaptive powers toward comedy with Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, perhaps his most popular comic play (attested by the fact that another production by another Twin Cities company was taking place concurrently). The broad gestures and non-Western tonalities of Japanese kabuki theater might take a bit of adjusting to at first, but the company made the transition work (with helpful notes about conventions of kabuki in the printed program). Undo reverence toward The Bard can sometimes dampen the popular appeal and broad comedy of Shakespeare, but the stylization and theatrics of kabuki allowed the comedy to come through in full force without stripping away the play's humanity. Green T veteran Ki Seung Rhee, who played Feste the fool and provided musical backgrounds at time, and newcomer Robb Krueger, as the arrogant-but-hapless Malvolio, were especially notable for their performances. The production, at Burnsville's beautiful Ames Cultural Center, was well worth the drive. I look forward to seeing more productions there and by Green T, which is liable to become one of my favorite offbeat Metro theatre companies.

I have never seen Kabuki and found that I would like to see more. So excited to have seen this play at a venue I had never been to before.

It was very interesting to see how a great Shakespearan play could be adapted for a very stylized Japanese Kabuki theatrical conventions and dress. I was very apprehensive, but it worked very well and we enjoyed the show

Excellent performance of a complex comedy. Interesting twist of making Sir Toby Belch a woman. Unbelievable resemblance between the actors playing the twins. Interesting use of ropes to evoke ships and the seaside. Overall well done by a truly professional cast.

Excellent experience! The food was good, and the entertainment for the dinner was very good. It was all very entertaining, and quite funny at times. There was even some swordplay. We will be going again.

The Twelfth Night Madrigal dinner was a blast. The music and singing was beautiful, the food was delicious and fun to eat without a fork and the skits had me laughing hysterically. a unique and entertaining event. The evening flew by!