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What is this all about?

Two families in the same town have loathed one another for years. But a boy from one and a girl from the other fall in love - deep, sweet and destructive. You know the tale of Romeo and Juliet but now you can see it happening live and in real time - in modern Britain and on Twitter. Six characters live the story over the five weeks of Such Tweet Sorrow and you can experience it with them. Find out more.

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Such Tweet Sorrow

Tybalt Capulet

When he was just seven years old, his mum died, his dad remarried and Tybalt was shipped off to boarding school. He's been angry ever since: at his dad for sending him away - at his little sister Juliet for not being sent away – at his big sister Jess for managing to be old enough to leave home.

But angry most of all at Montague, the ratbag who was driving the car that killed his mum. No car crash, no death of mum, no boarding school. It’s all Montague’s fault...

He's on the verge of getting kicked out of school.  Tybalt seems to be on a mission to make a nuisance of himself whether it be starting fights on the terraces (he’s a rabid Blues fan), mugging younger kids for smokes and small change, or causing trouble in the local pub.

The only place he is at all welcome is Friar’s internet cafe. Friar is prepared to try and take Tybalt under his wing – and as long as the Friar is prepared to dole out some decent hash, Tybalt’s ready to play along.

About The Actor: Mark Holgate

Your life-story in a tweet (140 characters or less): Born and educated in York. Trained in London. Worked in some amazing cities: London, Moscow, New York, Reykjavic to name but a few. Loved it.

Favourite part so far? Nat McIlwaine in Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme by Frank McGuinness

What do I like doing online? Talking to friends, listening to music and just having a surf.

What's the essential difference between you and Tybalt? The main difference is that I have a positive outlook on life.  

Your main offstage ambition? To live life and regret nothing.