"If music be the food of love, play on," begins one of the most famous lines from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. In his 2024/25 winter production of the playwright's winter classic, director Prasanna Puwanarajah made his love of music clear, making it one of the central themes of his vision.

Throughout the production, pianos of varying sizes were wheeled on and off, and characters sang, danced and played music specially composed for the production by singer songwriter Matt Maltese.

Most strikingly though, the centre of the stage was dominated by an enormous church organ, which was used by the actors to exit and enter the stage and to interact with, with characters hiding behind the enormous pipes and even - at one point - sliding down them.

The organ was also played throughout by actor Thom Petty in the role of Curio, underscoring the story's light and dark moments with everything from funeral marches to American baseball tunes.

But how do you bring a full-sized fully functioning church organ, with pedals and three manuals, onto the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre?