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Twelfth Night

The Production

Flute Theatre’s Twelfth Night was an interactive Shakespeare adaptation for autistic people and their families, created using Kelly Hunter’s Hunter Heartbeat Method. At Orange Tree Theatre, participants joined the actors on stage to experience the story through sensory games, music and shared play.

30 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Kelly Hunter
Set & Costume Design: Alice Hallifax
Commissioned by: Flute Theatre
Photography: Steve Gregson

Performer in orange tulle raises both arms under warm red lighting.

Performers in orange costumes lift another performer, with one bare foot held aloft.

Performers and participants move in a circle beneath chandeliers on a warm-lit stage.

Two performers face each other in orange light, one in sharp focus and one blurred in a pointed cap.

Two performers dance with raised arms as seated participants watch around the stage.

Two performers clasp hands and lean together, smiling in warm red light.

Group scene with performers reaching forward while others lie on the floor with arms and legs raised.

Performer with orange tulle raises both arms toward another performer with hands lifted.

One performer holds another as they lean sideways together in orange light.

Two performers balance on one leg with raised hands, encircled by seated participants.

Two performers in warm orange light raise their arms; one wears a pointed yellow hat behind the other.

Performers and participants form a circle on the orange stage, raising hands near their ears.

Two performers sit facing each other with knees raised as others sit in a circle around them.

Two performers in amber light face each other with arms lifted beneath a chandelier.

A performer in a pointed yellow hat faces another in an orange scarf, with others seated behind them.

Three performers balance on one leg with bent arms, surrounded by seated musicians and participants.

A seated performer gestures toward a person beside them as others sit near percussion instruments.

A line of performers and participants hold each other's shoulders across the orange-lit stage.

Two performers face each other with arms outstretched, mirroring hand gestures in warm light.

Performers roll on their backs with legs raised while others sit around the orange stage.

Performers in warm orange light reach and balance on one leg, with others crouched or seated around drums.

Three performers in orange costumes hold hands; two wear tall pointed fabric hats under warm stage lighting.

Performers and participants form a circle as two people extend arms in a balancing movement on the orange stage.

Two performers reach toward each other with outstretched hands while seated participants watch around the stage.

Participants sit in a circle as performers in orange guide a leaning person at the centre of the stage.

A performer in orange holds both hands of a standing participant, with others seated behind in warm light.

Two standing participants clasp hands at centre stage as performers and others sit around the orange floor.

A performer in orange leads a movement with clenched hands, with four participants behind in red-orange light.

Two adults crouch beside a small child on the stage, all close together under pink and blue lighting.

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