“Twelfth Night”, in the Parc de l’Estació del Nord

The initiative began in 2009 with the idea, originally imported from the UK, of representing the works of Shakespeare in public parks in the absence of set design or sound and light equipment, leaving the onus entirely on the text and the actors themselves.
 

Twelfth Night is a comedy, more sour than sweet, about misunderstandings, human appearances and making mistakes, a comedy about the anything-but-trivial entanglements that begin the moment that Viola, one of the protagonists, decides to dress up as man by the name of Cesari in order to enter the services of Orsino, Duke of Illyria. The problems, however, arise when Viola, who everyone thinks a man, falls head-over-heels in love with the Duke while, at the same time, the Duke is obsessed with Olivia who, while professing she has no time for amorous activities, is smitten by passion and love at first sight on meeting Cesari.

This convoluted beginning gives way to even more entanglements among the characters in this intensely choral work. Love, heartbreak and appearances (feigning to be someone we are not and failing to accept reality) are some of the ingredients of this work by Shakespeare. The cast is composed of actors and actresses such as Elies Barberà, Óscar Bosch, Mireia Cirera and Ester Cort.