Saturday 12th July 2025
7pm, The South Lawn (gates open 6pm)
Join The Lord Chamberlain’s Men this summer, in their 21st
year, for Shakespeare’s greatest romantic comedy, Twelfth
Night.
“If music be the food of love play on!”
With a history stretching back to William Shakespeare’s original company, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men present this joyous play as he first saw it – in the open air, with an all male cast and Elizabethan
costumes, music and dance.
TLCM – Twelfth Night at Salisbury Cathedral – Photo credit Jack Offord
Orsino, Duke of Illyria, is desperately in love with Countess Olivia. But she, in mourning for her brother, has sworn off all men. Suddenly Viola, separated from her twin brother in a shipwreck and now disguised as a man, enters Orsino’s court as his servant and turns everyone’s world upside down. Sent to woo Olivia on Orsino’s behalf, Viola is stunned to find herself the object of Olivia’s affections and, as Olivia falls in love with Viola, so Viola falls in love with Orsino.
“O time, thou must untangle this, not I.
It is too hard a knot for me to untie.”
Romantic confusion, mistaken identity, practical jokes and riotous disorder abounds in Shakespeare’s hilarious and lyrical romantic comedy about love, its many and glorious facets, andthe mess it can make of us all.
“Nothing that is so, is so.”
“The best authentic Shakespearean experience” Yorkshire Post
Box office: 0333 666 3366
Enquiries: 0208 852 5761 or boxoffice@tlcm.co.uk
Adult £18 | Child £10 booking fees apply
What to bring
Please bring your own low-backed seating. Picnics, sun hats, sun cream, sunglasses, raincoats and rain hats should all be considered!
Access
The South Lawn is fully accessible to people with reduced mobility. Please call 01420 541010 for further information. For information about carer’s tickets from TCLM please click here
Getting here
Accessible parking is available at this venue next to the House, whilst ticket holders will be directed to parking on arrival.
Weather
The performance will continue in all but the very worst weather! Please visit the TLCM’s WEATHER PAGE for more details.
Relaxed performances
TLCM’s performances can be considered as relaxed. The lights don’t go down (until the sun sets!), the performances take place in the open air where there is plenty of space for audience members and all are welcome.
Other information
The performance will be approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes long including an interval.
Only assistance dogs are permitted at this performance.
