The Witches at West Yorkshire Playhouse

A birthday treat - tickets to see Roald Dahl's The Witches at WYP. I went last year to see James and the Giant Peach and it was fantastic so I was so happy to go and see another Dahl performance.

The play began with a song about happy endings that then turned dark and all the cast ran around screaming about 'BUT THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE STORIES... THIS IS A ROALD DAHL STORY!' which was such a great introduction to Roald Dahl. All the kids were half laughing and half hiding behind their seats when a Witch would point at them or throw something at them. 

It captured the spirit of Dahl's stories: playful, silly, scary, rebellious.

The costumes were brilliant, especially for the Grand High Witch - really outrageous and lots of sharp lines. Blue, red, black and gold colour scheme. Outlandish wigs but their scalps didn't look as gruesome as they could have - more boils and rashes please, SFX team! 

Bogies thrown at the audience - gross and kids loved it. MAKE MY SCENES REVOLTING?

The set was very simple for ease of production/movement. I think I can make my scenes more exciting/convincing than that.