A Charles Sturt University (CSU) production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night opens at the Ponton Theatre at CSU in Bathurst on Tuesday 28 May and runs until Saturday 1 June. Described as ‘a whimsical comedy’, this modern interpretation is given the full title, Twelfth Night, As Performed By The Illyria Women's Prison Laundry Detail. Mr Ray Harding, theatre/media lecturer at the School of Communication and Creative Industries in Bathurst, and co-director of the production, says he has entertained the idea of ‘prison inmates’ performing Shakespeare for many years. “The inmates in this instance are, of course, very talented third-year theatre/media students, but the idea and interpretation resonates with the first US production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot which was set in a prison,” he said. Student co-director Ms Fiona Spitzkowsky said, “The complexity of the language combined with the prison-based creative brief provided by Ray has allowed us all to challenge ourselves and eventually produce an exciting, engaging and surprisingly funny Shakespearean performance, with a little modernity for good measure.”