Twelfth Night

A play that begins with a shipwreck and ends with three weddings.

In between, a dizzying comedy of errors unfolds, with heroines who fall in love, get drunk, argue, and celebrate.

A storm at sea sweeps the ship carrying Viola and her twin brother Sebastian to the shores of Illyria.

While Sebastian is missing, Viola decides that in order to survive in a foreign land, she must disguise herself as a man and serve Duke Orsino.

The duke recruits her as a love messenger to the object of his desire, Countess Olivia—a mission that proves impossible for Viola, who falls in love with the duke herself.

Olivia, for her part, falls in love דווקא with Viola, who is disguised as a man.

With genius, Shakespeare creates a dizzying comedy.

The situation in Illyria grows increasingly complicated, and every distinction between fantasy and reality becomes completely blurred.

Only the surprise appearance of the twin brother Sebastian untangles the web of relationships and brings with it one of the most beautiful endings in world drama.

Director Roni Brodetsky, one of the most talented and important voices in contemporary Israeli theater, comes to Habima Theatre for the first time with a bold and surprising version of the comedy Twelfth Night, in which, for the first time in Israel, the entire cast will be women.

Together, they will ask profound and hilarious questions about desire, identity, and pretense.

This production uses Foley technique, meaning the creation of sound effects live on stage using objects.

This technique adds another layer of action and drama, creating a comic connection between movement and sound.