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THE WITCHES
Review

THE WITCHES

By Felicity Dayhew
October 2 2014

THE WITCHES, by Roald Dahl, adapted from the stage play by David Wood, Griffin Theatre Company at the SBW Stables Theatre, 24 September-5 October 2014. Photo of Guy Edmonds and the mouse by Brett Boardman.

Before they had Harry Potter they had The Witches.

The Witches is a one-man play adapted from the Roald Dahl novel about a little boy who discovers the secrets of the witches.

I found The Witches funny and dramatic. They did it well using minimal props, but made great use of them. The sound effects went really well with each different part of the story, using things like lightning and background music. Only using the clothes he was wearing as costumes, Guy Edmonds made it seem like he was wearing a thousand different costumes in seconds probably helped by the director Lucas Jervies.

The story starts when a boy around eight asks his grandma if witches are real. "Yes my boy, yes they are.” Trying to forget about it he asks his grandma to give him money to buy himself a pet. He then sets off towards the pet shop. But he unwittingly stumbles across a meeting where The Grand High Witch is giving a speech. What he hears is shocking

THE WITCHES

To find out what he hears go and see it at the Stables Theatre. But hurry because it ends this Sunday, 5th October.

With Guy Edmonds acting this 45-minute play The Witches will leave you laughing all the way home. Warning, though, for younger children it does get quite scary at times very, very suddenly.

 

 

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