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  • Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales

    14 January - 26 February 2011

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Evenings: 7.30pm
Matinees: 26 Jan, 02 & 09 Feb - 1.30pm
29 Jan, 05, 12 & 19 Feb - 2.30pm
Tickets: FFN - 14 Jan 7.30pm
All tickets £10: 15 - 25 Jan
Then £10 - £25

Post-show Q&A:
27 Jan
08 Feb
Ages: 14+
Running time: 80 mins (no interval)

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Adapted by Jeremy Dyson.

Click here to see what Stephen Fry, Mark Gatiss, Derren Brown and others thought of Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales.

'Works a treat... The Lyric breathes fresh life into Roald Dahl's horror stories.'
***** Sunday Telegraph

'For those who relish an evening of short, sharp shocks, this may be just the ticket.'
Guardian

'This perfectly crafted quintet of mordant melodramas is ghoulishly satisfying.'
Sunday Times

'Glides with a grin through a series of exquisitely warped scenes.'
Observer

'Findlay's direction is witty and precise... Dyson's additional dialogue is clever and funny.'
The Times

'An evening of sadistic fun and juicy revenge... Findlay and her cast build up the tension deliciously.'
Financial Times

'Moments of knee-clenching tension.'
Daily Mail

'Squirts of tormenting humour and pinches of the grotesque.'
Evening Standard

'Wickedly amusing.'
Mail on Sunday

'Startling moments.'
Daily Telegraph

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.

Enter a wonderfully dark and dangerous world where nothing is quite as it seems. Expect the unexpected with tales of sinister landladies, sweet revenge and gambling with the highest of stakes.

IN CONVERSATION - Click here to listen again.

Friends Performances
27 Jan 7.30pm
08 Feb 7.30pm
19 Feb 2.30pm

Loved Twisted Tales? Why not visit the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Buckinghamshire? Click here for more details.