Because of demand—most dates are almost sold out—Northern Stage has added an extra performance of Roald Dahl’s The Twits at 10:30 on 25 March. Tickets for this performance are now on sale.
The production, from Curve, Leicester, and The Rose Theatre, Kingston, comes to Newcastle from 21 to 25 March. Like the hugely successful Northern Stage version of James and Giant Peach, The Twits is adapted for the stage by David Wood. It’s directed by Max Webster and the cast is made up of actor-musicians and acrobats.
Children love The Twits because it tells the tale of the most spiteful and revolting couple you could ever hope to meet. Mr Twit has a very hairy face. His beard is spiky and smelly. It also contains cornflakes, sardines and even some stilton. Mrs Twit is equally as foul and she hates Mr Twit just as much as Mr Twit hates her.
They spend their days playing wicked tricks on each other and mistreating Muggle-Wump monkeys. They also have a particularly sticky trick to catch Roly-Poly birds for their bird pies. But not for much longer, because the monkeys have a cunning plan to teach those terrible twits a lesson…
The creative team includes designer and Linbury Prize finalist Georgia Lowe, lighting designer Joshua Pharo, movement director Deborah Pugh, sound designer Carolyn Downing and composer Dougal Irvine.