"More lightness might help bring the show to life. As it stands, it’s a version that accentuates the many strands of weirdness and ennui found in the play, which are often glossed over in more conventionally cheerful productions."
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"Puwanarajah’s Twelfth Night is a rich pleasure, but I wish it would get a move on."
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"Luxurient as a three-bird roast and just as overstuffed, the RSC’s transferring production of Twelfth Night is Shakespeare so rich it could give you indigestion."
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"Director Prasanna Puwanarajah’s take on this tragicomedy seeps across the stage with a measured boldness that’s completely intoxicating."
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"I found myself longing for him to edit all these bright ideas down into something zippier and more coherent."
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"With some genuinely clever ideas but some which feel disconnected from one another, Twelfth Night feels like a show built around its venue, which I suspect is exactly the case and why it failed to connect with me."
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"It’s a production that impresses more than it entertains. You admire the work Puwanarajah puts into supplying genuine pathos...while longing for a few more gags along the way."
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"An entertaining and visually impactful spectacle, but also a worthwhile investigation into where and how fun arises within one of Shakespeare’s most comically charged plays."
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