There are just eight nights left for Twelfth Night, Festival Theatre’s very entertaining “surfer” version of Shakespeare’s play of mistaken identity set “on the beach” in Austin Gardens. If the laudatory reviews and temperate summer temps aren’t enough to bring you out, there’s one other interesting hook: the role of Malvolio, he of the cross garters and yellow socks (worth the price of admission, actually), is played by Will Clinger, whom many will remember as the host of WTTW’s popular Wild Chicago TV show from some years back.

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