The Witches
The Witches - 2023 West End History , Info & More
National Theatre (Olivier)
(Waterloo) South Bank LondonThe book follows the experiences of a young boy and his grandmother who live in a world plagued by evil, child-hating witches.
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Review: In ‘The Witches’ Musical, the Playful and the MacabreReview: In ‘The Witches’ Musical, the Playful and the Macabre
8 / 10
A charming and spirited musical adaptation of Dahl’s much-loved book — written by Lucy Kirkwood and directed by Lyndsey Turner — opened this month at the National Theater, in London, running through Jan. 27, 2024. It’s a deftly rendered production, a high-quality piece of family entertainment that skilfully blends the playful and the macabre, and does justice to the author’s distinct comic style.
The Witches review – frights played for fun in rollicking musical
7 / 10
If the script channels Dahl’s linguistic agility and imagination, it cleans up his darkness. The witches are more comical than abominable and there is a lo-fi cutesiness to the children’s transformations into inanimate objects (they pop sweetly out of boxes in cardboard costumes). The biggest fright comes when a phone rings in the auditorium and the High Witch loses it.
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