Twelfth Night for autistic people
""Prove true imagination, Oh prove true""
Twelfth Night Act III
Flute Theatre are incredible and what they offer is invaluable
Headteacher Virginia Primary School
Adapted and Directed by Kelly Hunter
Designer Alice Hallifax
Orange Tree Theatre (2024)
My fourth show for autistic individuals and the happiest, funniest and most musical by far. For this production we finally have a new floorcloth for our autism shows designed with care and attention by Alice Hallifax in yellows, oranges and russetts to bring sunlight, warmth and laughter into the space. Twelfth NIght begins by asking us to play in a world of music and love which is exactly what we have done. The games are funny and irreverent, replacing Shakespeare's yellow stockings with a sea of yellow hats and offering the chance to hide behind veils of orange and yellow for Olivia's initial vows of celibacy. In nature there's no blemish but the mind, none can be called deformed but the unkind Act 3 sc4 The show was created at a time of intense human suffering in the world and we have all sought refuge in its warmth and kindness.
Kelly Hunter