The young members of the group performed their first venture, last Friday and Saturday, Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits’. Directed by Cassie Lockhart and Christy McLean, it was a credit to these young ladies’ hard work and effort. Enthusiastic performances by the whole cast from the first appearance of Kirsty Niven, an excellent narrator keeping the audience up to speed with the face paced story line. Then we had the family of monkeys called the Muggle-Wumps of which the directors played alternate nights, along with Stefan Hoggan as daddy Muggle-Wump and the babies Shannon Small and Leigh Kilbane. They performed admirably and their hard work paid off, exhibiting their talent for dancing and acting. The birds, performed by Katie Walker and Lewis Snowden, were first class as the Muggle-Wumps feathered friends. Jo Robertson, as the Roly-Poly Bird, showed some amazing acrobatic moves and gave a fantastic performance.
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Jo even managed to raise a stink and a smile when she persuaded the audience to take off their shoes! Lauren Kilbane as Mrs Twit showed great maturity and delivered her comedy lines expertly which was complemented by her laugh come snort. Even her unexpected run in with the table of props brought about a few giggles. This disgusting character would need a counter part who’s hair was firmly screwed on to his head and we find this in the other twit, the bearded unkempt Mr Twit. James Snowden played this role professionally and with ease, he got the audience going with his nasty hair brained schemes and his comic timing was flawless. It wasn’t all youngsters running this production, helping the youngsters in their project, we had Ian Keddie, Derek Lockhart and Raymond Harding backstage making sure the show ran smoothly. One person, without whom the show would not have had its aesthetic appeal, is Annette Robertson. Annette’s costumes for the whole cast were simply fantastic, The Twits’ disgusting, |
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 stained clothes were positively vulgar which added to their characters. The Roly-Poly bird’s fancy of feathered frock was most notable, along with the distinctive English birds outfits. Bringing light to the situation was Peter Thomson, Mick O’Hara and Jean Keddie. Suzanne Small, Terri Myles and Kirsty Niven did a wonderful job with the make-up. Sets were designed and painted by Mark Turner along with a little help from Spike and Gus. Front of house was in the capable hands of Janette McKechnie and helpers. The sound was in the capable hands of Steven Robertson. Lorna Lockhart and Evelyn Myles were on hand during all the rehearsals to give a little advice. These young people deserve great credit for an all round great piece of entertainment and the future of Auchtermuchty Theatre Group looks in good hands |
