The HandleBards: Twelfth Night

About this event

The world's first cycling theatre company, The HandleBards pedal from venue to venue with all the set, props and costume necessary to perform environmentally sustainable Shakespeare across the globe.

Join their all-male troupe for a bicycle-powered production of Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' like none other. In usual HandleBards style, expect riotous amounts of energy, a fair old whack of chaos, and a great deal of laughter.

And what's the play about? Duke Orsino is in love with Lady Olivia, but she won't have anything to do with suitors. Viola is shipwrecked and believes her twin brother Sebastian to be dead. Meanwhile, a bunch of Olivia's servants plot to make a fool out of her pompous butler, Malvolio. There's drunkenness, frivolity and cross-dressing a plenty!

★★★★★ The Stage.

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The HandleBards

The world’s first cycling theatre company, The HandleBards, pedal from venue to venue with all of the set, props and costume necessary to perform environmentally sustainable Shakespeare across the globe. As a repertory company, they were formed in 2012 by Callum Brodie, Callum Cheatle, Tom Dixon and Paul Moss.

Praise for The HandleBards:

★★★★★ - “There is not a single HandleBard who is anything less than magnificent.” The Wee Review.

★★★★★ - “I laughed until I cried, there’s nothing else out there like The HandleBards.” The Shields Gazette.

★★★★★ - “There is never a moment when the audience is not laughing.” -Broadway Baby.

★★★★★ - “A hilarious, heart-felt, high-octane show.” Younger Perspective.

★★★★★ - “Gloriously eccentric and very, very funny.” - The Stage.