Dinner At The Twits

What a treat to enjoy an evening of Roald Dahl created for grown ups and not grown downs. What fun to indulge in the darker side of his inventiveness. From the excellent pre-event cocktails we drifted into the Twits’ garden, a barren heap of dead tree and manky detritus in which we foraged for tasty but revoltingly named canapes and drank a nettle infused G&T – until Mr and Mrs Twit are announced by the scary monkeys, and the Twits are deeply unpleasant comedy characters.
From here we are invited into the banquet to celebrate the renewal of their wedding vows and more unpleasant hilarity, tasty and generous food with plenty of wine.

This experience is beautifully designed by Samuel Wyer and the whole achieves very high production values indeed, executed to a very high standard. Emma Brünjes has done a superb job and Emma Earle’s direction is sharp and pacey. Top marks too for a stunning musical soundscape by Dom James. Chris Barlow as Mr Twit is truly horrid, brash and vulgar, exactly what is required. Lizzy Drive is magnificently awful as Mrs Twit, taking vile to new levels that had us laughing and cringing at the same time. A toast to them and to this whole food and theatre experience. Very entertaining, tasty and great value too.

The Vaults, Waterloo, London, 15 September 2016
Rating:
Andrew Kay