I, Malvolio is the story of Twelfth Night told through the eyes of
the play’s ‘notoriously wronged’ servant. In a story of lost dignity, prudery,
practical jokes and bullying, Malvolio draws his audience into the madness of
Shakespeare’s play and makes it his own.
A performance for anyone who has ever been told off,
called a name or fallen in love with the wrong person!
Perfect Fools’ founder, Gordon
Duffy-McGhie has received both national and international acclaim for his
theatre productions, including winning an Outstanding Performance Award at the
Prague Fringe Festival! Professional actor and mime artist, Gordon’s latest
offering, I Malvolio, comes from the stable of writer and performer Tim Crouch,
and was originally commissioned by Brighton Festival and Singapore Arts
Festival.
I, Malvolio explores the character
of Malvolio, the pompous man servant to Olivia in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
His priggish, self-righteous attitude has earned him the wrath of his
companions, who have played a cruel trick on him, making him believe that
Olivia is in love with him. When Malvolio confronts a startled Olivia, smiling
profusely and wearing little but his infamous ‘yellow stockings and
cross-garters’, he is taken for a madman and locked up.
Crouch’s irreverent, and hilarious
backstage exposè picks up where Shakespeare left off. Crouch’s Malvolio, dressed only in his
stained long-johns, is now hell-bent on revenge and what follows is a
modern-day mash-up of stand-up comedy and blunt Shakespearean verse!
So, if you’ve ever dropped a piece
of litter or been insulted, or fallen in love with the wrong person, this
production is an absolute must.
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