THEATRE
One Of Those Nights!
Matthew Myers
TWELFTH NIGHT: GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE GIRLS.
Modern audiences will see a play brimming with ideas about gender roles, same-sex attraction and bullying; and while it is funny, playful and sexual, it has a dark side.
Jasper JonesLadies In BlackWolf CreekDevil’s PlaygroundThe 39 StepsThe OdysseyKurt Phelan takes on the complexities of Antonio, the rescuing sea captain. “Antonio is one of Shakespeare’s most talked-about characters within the play”, says Phelan. “There’s much talk about whether he’s expressing homosexual feelings for Sebastian, who he saves from certain death after the shipwreck. As a seasoned seafarer, he feels an allegiance to this life he has saved, but there is a strong undercurrent of confusion about how much he cares.