A colourful ensemble gathers around a circular stage as a central performer in a voluminous skirt holds balloons, with bird puppets and bright blue and amber lights overhead.

The Studio, Marlowe Theatre2025

The Twits

The Production

Marlowe Theatre Youth Company’s Performance Ensemble presented David Wood’s stage adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Twits in The Studio at the Marlowe Theatre. The production was developed through improvisation and ensemble theatre-making, combining comedy, movement, storytelling and audience participation.

37 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Nick Stephens
Movement Director: Maddy Harland
Set & Costume Design: Sheree Paton
Photography: Steve Gregson

A large weathered crate marked “THE TWITS,” “DANGER,” “DO NOT OPEN,” and “FRAGILE” stands on a circular stage surrounded by audience seating under cool blue light.

A performer in a pink jacket carefully applies eye makeup to another performer wearing a grey wig and purple costume in a backstage setting.

Two performers pose under warm stage lights, one in a purple outfit and grey wig gripping a cane and the other with a huge shaggy beard leaning close.

A performer stands on a small box with arms outstretched beneath a bright backlight, while others hold similar poses around a circular stage in deep blue lighting.

A performer holds a bright yellow bird puppet with multicoloured feathers among an ensemble in vivid costumes, framed by hanging chains onstage.

An ensemble in colourful costumes dances and poses around a circular platform and tall crate set, lit by warm spotlights with the audience close by.

Two performers in exaggerated wigs and costumes aim red and blue toy water pistols toward the audience or offstage, their faces tense in the spotlight.

Green light washes over a circular stage with a vine-covered structure at its centre, while performers sit or watch around it in an intimate theatre-in-the-round setting.

A young performer in a red costume with bright blue feather cuffs reaches both hands forward under a warm orange spotlight.

Performers in bright padded costumes raise large multicoloured bird puppets overhead under warm stage lights, close to the audience.

Three performers stand apart on low platforms under spotlights, gesturing outward against a dark stage dotted with small lights.

Two performers in exaggerated wigs and vivid purple and green costumes look upward beneath leafy set pieces, one gripping a cane.

A performer stands centre stage with arms raised holding green and purple balloons, a wide pastel fabric skirt spread around them as others sit in a circle.

A smiling performer in a grey jumpsuit grips a tall wooden set panel painted with “THE TWITS,” with another performer partly hidden behind it.

A performer in a pale blue jacket gestures with both index fingers while a brightly costumed ensemble gathers around a leafy arch and colourful props.

A performer in a purple dress, green vest and messy grey-purple wig grimaces while clutching a cane, with a blurred blue figure in the foreground.

Under cool spotlights, a performer lies sprawled on a circular stage beside green and purple balloons as others crouch or watch around the edge.

Performers in rainbow furry costumes dance with raised arms beneath a green leafy arch, surrounded by warm green stage lighting.

A performer in a rainbow fur coat and mouse-ear headband holds a hanging chain and looks upward, with another brightly dressed performer behind.

A performer in a pale blue costume stands on a small box with arms outstretched under blue spotlights, with others posed around a circular stage and the audience in shadow.

A performer in a purple dress, green vest and grey wig thrusts a purple-gloved arm into the face of a bearded performer as another performer watches from below.

A wide view of an in-the-round stage shows a large ensemble in colourful costumes gathered around a circular platform beneath warm lights and leafy overhead set pieces.

In a close-up, a performer with a large brown beard and green jumper touches their chin while facing another performer in soft blue-purple stage light.

Four young performers in bright padded costumes hold strings attached to vivid feathered bird puppets against a backdrop of hanging patterned ribbons.

A performer in a pale blue jacket balances on a small wooden box under a narrow white spotlight, arms held low as if poised to move.

A group of performers in colourful animal-like costumes with rounded ears cluster together, led by one in a rainbow fur coat gesturing with both arms.

A performer in a green vest, purple dress and grey wig leans forward dramatically while a performer in pale blue sits behind them on a box.

Performers in bright furry costumes move and gesture around a circular platform framed by hanging chains and leafy branches, with others positioned on boxes at the edges.

A heavily bearded performer in a worn green coat holds up a small red object while clutching a bundle of white fabric under warm stage light.

On a brightly lit circular stage, a performer with an enormous shaggy beard strides forward while other costumed performers sit, kneel, or watch around the platform.

A close-up shows a performer in a purple ruffled shirt, green vest, and grey wig with two large buns, mouth open as another person adjusts the wig behind them.

Several performers in vivid rainbow furry costumes with animal ears sit close together between hanging chains, looking upward with anxious expressions.

Under warm stage light, two boldly costumed performers face a crowd of bright, multicoloured bird puppets raised around the edge of the circular stage.

Performers in colourful animal-like costumes sit on a round striped platform beneath hanging chains and leafy branches, with one gesturing animatedly.

A performer in pale blue stands centre stage with arms outstretched on the circular platform, while others lie or sit around them under dramatic overhead lights.

A close-up of a performer in a purple cardigan and green sleeves with a huge shaggy brown wig and beard, staring intently from a dark stage.

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