A spin on the classic Charles Dickens novel, ‘Oliver Twist’, created by award-winning children’s author, Michael Rosen, is coming to The Lowry.
‘Unexpected Twist’ is a play, with music, adapted to stage by by BAFTA award-winning playwright Roy Williams (Soul, Sucker Punch), with original music by rising R&B star Yaya Bey and BAC Beatbox Academy’s Conrad Murray.
The play opened at Royal & Derngate, Northampton last week and comes to The Lowry, Salford in May as part of a national tour from Tuesday 2nd to Sunday 7th May.
Shona and her class are studying Oliver Twist. She’s new in school and keeps finding herself in trouble – much like Oliver himself! When she’s given a new phone by a stranger, she begins to suspect there’s something fishy about the new kids she’s met…
This brand new play brings to vivid life the worlds of both Shona and Oliver, as their stories twist together, unexpectedly!
The ‘musical mash-up of Dickens and beatbox’ (What’s OnStage) brings a new audience to classical literature, courtesy of the producing partnership behind Holes and The Jungle Book.
Michael Rosen said: “I have always been a huge lover of theatre and the dramatic arts. I believe in the power and value of live performance and rate it as an equal to all the other literary activities.
“I can’t describe what a thrill it is for me to know Unexpected Twist is going to be a play. I’ve already seen a draft script and it leapt off the page. I could immediately ‘see’ it as being a funny, tough, edgy, contemporary, powerful show. I am desperate to see it.”
Unexpected Twist is directed by James Dacre, design by Frankie Bradshaw (Two Trains Running) and choreography by Olivier Award-winning Arielle Smith (Jolly Folly), lighting design by Rory Beaton (Death Drop, For Black Boys), sound design by Leigh Davies (Matilda) with casting by Annelie Powell CDG.
‘Unexpected Twist’ comes to The Lowry Tuesday 2 -Sunday 7 May 2023. For more information, visit The Lowry website.
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