Unexpected Twist

Author(s): Michael Rosen, adapted for the stage by Roy Williams Company: The Children’s Theatre Partnership and Royal & Derngate, Northampton Age recommendation: 8+ years

Shona and her class are studying Oliver Twist. She’s new in school and keeps finding herself in trouble—much like Oliver himself! When she’s given a new phone by a stranger, she begins to suspect there’s something fishy about the new kids she’s met...

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Drew Hylton and cast members in Unexpected Twist

Michael Rosen's Unexpected Twist

Roy Williams (& Charles Dickens)

The Children's Theatre Partnership and Royal & Derngate, Northampton

Grand Theatre, Blackpool

23–27 May 2023

News items

Unexpected Twist for Salford

26 February 2023

Michael Rosen’s Unexpected Twist comes to The Lowry, Salford in May.

What the Dickens?

23 December 2022

Dickens goes digital at Blackpool Grand Theatre as the classic tale of Oliver Twist gets a modern retelling from Michael Rosen in Unexpected Twist.

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