“Night of the Kings”

• WE LIKE : Family Shakespeare, a joyful and musical classic comedy (with live musicians)!
• AGE: from 8 years old
• DATE : until August 27, 2023
• DURATION: 1h10
• OPENING HOURS: 6:30 pm from Wednesday to Saturday – 3 pm on Sunday
• LOCATION: at the Lucernaire theater (Paris 6th)
• IN ADDITION: meeting with the artistic team on Friday, June 23, 2023 at the end of the performance

Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”: a modern staging, a play where we laugh a lot

It is a baroque work, where all genres are mixed, at once reverie, drama and comedy. A Shakespeare masterpiece!

• The story takes place in Italy, in a city where Duke Orsino reigns who is in love with Olivia, a beautiful and rich countess who rejects his advances…
• While a storm causes a boat to sink, Viola and Sébastien, two twins, are safe and sound. But they end up in two different places on the coast, while ignoring the fate of the other
• Viola, believing herself to be alone and now without her brother’s protection, disguised herself as a man under the name of Cesario and entered the court in the service of Duke Orsino as a servant
• The Duke entrusts Cesario (Viola, disguised as a man), with the task of convincing Olivia, the woman he lusts after, of his love, but … everything comes to a halt… passions cross and genres mingle…
• This Shakespeare play shakes up the relationship between men and women, and questions identity and gender…
• Benoît Facerias’ staging for “Twelfth Night” leaves room for the spectator’s imagination , for reverie but also for laughter and song
• It is a very accessible show (from 8 years old), a comedy that will reach all audiences, including the youngest