Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes

The beauty of this wonderful show lies in its simplicity: two brilliant performers, two of Roald Dahl's classic books and one hour of pure entertainment.

Rather than attempting to adapt the original stories, Clewis Productions' Clem Silverman and Lewis Baker simply take turns to read while the other mimes along, unsqueamishly roaring, burping and dribbling, much to the simultaneous delight and horror of the audience.

It is the comic physical flourishes that give the show its extra sparkle, managing to capture the unique macabre humour of Roald Dahl's tales.

The sections extracted from 'Revolting Rhymes' and the lesser known 'Gory Beasts' are wonderful, whether well-known and much loved or completely fresh. Included are Dahl's grisly retellings of classic fairy stories Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs.

Children are invited up from the audience to play their parts roaring as wolves and squealing as pigs. This keeps them almost as delighted and entertained as does a bearded Red Riding Hood, and the use of the male performer's own shoe as Cinderella's slipper.

Animated, engaging, energetic and highly amusing, this is storytelling at its best and perfect children's entertainment.