Twelfth night programme

who are jupiter creatives?

Hello! Thanks for joining us here. We're a new theatre company that specialises in Actor-Musician productions. The founding members, Ed, Harry, Madeleine and Persia, all trained at the Guildford School of Acting. We are at heart an actor muso company, but also so much more- we take original scores, live music, theatre, dance, and stage combat, and jumble it all together so you can't tell where one ends and the next begins. Long story short, you won't have seen anything like what we bring to the table, and we can't wait to share it with the world in our debut production of Twelfth Night.

ABOUT TWELFTH NIGHT...

Twelfth Night is a fast-paced romantic comedy with several interwoven plots of romance, mistaken identities and practical jokes. Separated from her twin brother Sebastian in a shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as a boy, calls herself Cesario, and becomes a servant to the Duke Orsino. He sends her to woo the Countess Olivia on his behalf, but the Countess falls in love with Cesario. Meanwhile Olivia’s uncle, Sir Toby Belch, gets drunk with his friend Sir Andrew Aguecheek and they play a trick on Malvolio, Olivia’s steward. Eventually Sebastian turns up and causes even more confusion, chaos and comedy.

WHERE DID WE COME FROM?

Some say we sailed into a forgotten cove on a moonless night when the wind was blowing two directions at once- but we say we first formed as a composition trio in Bulgaria! Our founders Madeleine, Persia and Harry were composing for a Shakespeare production and decided make a habit out of it. (We're actually named after a stray dog we befriended, a Husky called Jupiter). A couple of years later, Ed joined as our movement director, and here we are.

Musical Numbers

Music Composed by Madeleine Wilshire.

Additional Composition by Harry Edwin, Persia Babayan-Taylor & Ed Tunningley .

Act 1

The Shipwreck

Orsino's First Lament

Feste Returns

Olivia Gets Personal

I Left No Ring With Her

O Mistress Mine

Come Away Death

Malvolio Finds The Letter

Act 2

Mad Malvolio Appears

Toby Issues The Challenge

The Fights

The Dark Plans Begin

Wedding Time

Twins Reunited

Malvolio's Reveal

Hey, Ho, The Wind And The Rain

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Production Images by Jordanne Wood - The Tica Project & Persia Babayan-Taylor

Cast & Creatives

Viola

Orsino

Malvolio

Olivia

Sir Toby

Sir Andrew

Feste

Maria

Antonio

Sebastian

Priest

Curio

Captain

Officer 1

Officer 2

Ruth Brotherton

Josh Hawkins

Gemma Evans

Madeleine Wilshire

Ed Tunningley

Madeleine Wilshire

Harry Edwin

Josh Hawkins

Gemma Evans

Ed Tunningley

Madeleine Wilshire

Gemma Evans

Harry Edwin

Lead Producer

Co-Producer

Director

Composer / Musical Director

Co-Composers

Movement Director

Fight Director

Fight Captain

Stage Manager

Persia Babayan-Taylor

Harry Edwin

Persia Babayan-Taylor

Madeleine Wilshire

Harry Edwin

Persia Babayan-Taylor

Ed Tunningley

Duncan Woodruff

Ed Tunningley

Orla Daly

Director's notes

Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, we feel, is the perfect starting place following the last year.

Illyria is a mystifying place where, even when the stars don’t align and household borders prevent connections, love can still be truly and deeply found there.

Our cast and creatives have worked tirelessly for two weeks to create something very special- that we hope uplifts and brings joy, raises questions and teaches lessons. But most of all, that love is a powerful thing which surpasses appearance, class and circumstance.

I have hugely enjoyed exploring this timeless comedy and moulding it to a group of modern Actor Musicians who bring a fresh perspective to the text. With our Actors performing our original score live on stage, we hope to embody how music can become an extension of a person, their language and their emotions.

Thank you all for joining us - Persia Babayan-Taylor

A Special Thanks to...

Claire and Richard Digby - Glyn Thompson - James Tunningley - Will Tunningley & Jess Digby - Lisa Miller - Liz & Tim Cooper - Steve Sowerby - Terrie Fender - Kirsty Cotton - Duncan Woodruff - Jordanne Wood (The Tica Project) - Jasmine Cole - Karen Babayan & Chris Taylor - Simon Barnham & Duncan Curley - Clare & Andy Tunningley - Lesley Youlton & Josh Pattle - KempCo Ltd - Lisa Wilshire