THE TWITS Kicks Off Tonight at the Curve Before Phizz-Whizzing UK Tour

Due to gloriumptious audience demand, Curve has not only announced an additional five performances of Roald Dahl's The Twits, but the classic tale of the most spiteful and revolting couple you could ever meet will also go on a national tour in 2017. The Twits joins other recent Curve productions such as Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sister Act, Hairspray, Wipers and the recently announced Sukanya on the road.

Curve Chief Executive Chris Stafford and Artistic Director Nikolai Foster said: "Due to popular demand, we are thrilled our co-production of The Twits will play for an extra week at Curve this Christmas-time before going on a national tour. Max Webster's production promises to be a treat for everyone and we are delighted to be able to share our work with audiences across the UK, establishing Curve's reputation as a leading touring producer."

Directed by Max Webster (The Lorax at The Old Vic), Curve's mischievous new co-production with Rose Theatre Kingston will visit Aylesbury Waterside Theatre (24 - 28 Jan 2017), Brighton Theatre Royal (31 Jan - 4 Feb), Royal & Derngate, Northampton (14 - 18 Feb), Northern Stage (21 - 25 Mar), and Nuffield, Southampton (28 Mar - 2 Apr), with further dates to be added. The show then plays at Rose Theatre, Kingston (5 - 16 Apr).

The Twits is the second Made at Curve Christmas show to tour. Created specifically for young people and their families, The Twits follows the unprecedented success of Nikolai Foster's production of The Witches, which is also set to run at West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds over Christmas. The productions are programmed to coincide with the Dahl 100 anniversary.

Roald Dahl's The Twits 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.

IF YOU GO:

A Curve and Rose Theatre Kingston co-production
Roald Dahl'S THE TWITS
Based on the book by Roald Dahl
Adapted for the stage by David Wood

Director - Max Webster
Designer - Georgia Lowe
Lighting Designer - Joshua Pharo
Composer - Dougal Irvine
Movement Director - Deborah Pugh
Sound Designer - Carolyn Downing
Casting Director - Kay Magson

Curve - Studios
Tonight 10 December -21 January
Press night: 14 December at 7pm

Ticket prices: £16 - £12
Concessions available - check the website

UK tour for The Twits

Aylesbury Waterside Theatre www.atgtickets.com 24 - 28 Jan 2017

Brighton Theatre Royal www.atgtickets.com 31 Jan - 4 Feb 2017

Royal & Derngate, Northampton www.royalandderngate.co.uk 14 - 18 Feb 2017

Northern Stage, Newcastle Upon Tyne www.northernstage.co.uk 21 - 25 Mar 2017

Nuffield, Southampton www.nuffieldtheatre.co.uk 28 Mar - 2 Apr 2017

Rose Theatre Kingston www.rosetheatrekingston.org 5 - 16 Apr 2017

Curve is a major producing theatre, creating exceptional and compelling experiences. We use our unique home and talent to entertain, inspire and engage with a diverse audience and play a leading role in the development of our industry, our city and our global community. At the heart of this is the ambition to offer our local audiences world-class theatrical experiences.

Curve is a registered charity, number 230708, enabling people of all ages and backgrounds to access, participate in and learn from the arts, nurturing new and emerging talent, and creating outstanding, award-winning theatrical experiences.

Under the leadership of Chief Executive Chris Stafford and Artistic Director Nikolai Foster, Curve is developing a reputation for producing, programming and touring a bold and diverse programme of musicals, plays, new work and dance. All of this presented alongside a dynamic mix of community engagement and learning opportunities, which firmly places audiences and communities at the heart of what Curve does. Recent productions and co-productions Made At Curve include: our Community Company production of Alan Parker's Bugsy Malone, Spring Awakening (with NYMT), Sister Act (& Monaco & UK tour), Legally Blonde (& Daegu Opera Festival, South Korea - Winner Best Musical - Daegu International Musical Festival Awards), Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's (& Haymarket Theatre, London & UK tour), Ishy Din's Wipers (in collaboration with Belgrade Theatre Coventry & Watford Palace), Roald Dahl's The Witches (& Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong & UK tour), Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, Hairspray (& UK tour), Shakespeare's Richard III, Akram Khan's Until the Lions (with Roundhouse, London), Sue Townsend's The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ - The Musical, and Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing (& UK national tour).