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The Twits

5 – 19 July 2025

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Kids & Families

Ages 5+ | Roald Dahl’s gruesome twosome The Twits return to our stage these school holidays to delight and disgust in equal measure. Unmissable fun for all the family packed with Dahlicious mischief, hilarious mayhem and big belly laughs!

A full-bodied visual and aural experience – should not be missed.

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You won’t believe your (glass) eyes!

Mr and Mrs Twit are the nastiest couple you could ever hope (not) to meet – both on a quest to be meaner than the other – but, who will outwit the Twits? Full of trickery and wickedly-funny pranks, this infamous pair ultimately highlight the need to treat others with love and care and spreading positivity is far more enjoyable.

Packed with Dahlicious mischief, hilarious mayhem and humongous belly laughs, The Twits is unmissable theatre for all ages, from the team that brought us the sold out season of Fantastic Mr Fox, George’s Marvelous Medicine and Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts.

You’ve read the book – now get to the theatre and experience this family classic from the wacky mind of the world’s No. 1 Storyteller live on stage.

Sydney Opera House presents a Shake & Stir Theatre Co production

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Save 10% when booking three kids shows, or 15% when booking four or more from our 2025 season.

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Performance bookings and general enquiries for OOSH groups must be made directly with our team. Get started by submitting an enquiry, our Group Bookings team will contact you to secure your booking.

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About Shake & Stir

Shake & Stir is one of the country’s leading contemporary theatre companies touring Australia and New Zealand since 2006. Shake & Stir produce an annual season of Mainstage and in-school productions. Mainstage work has included: Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach, Frankenstein, Tae Tae in the Land of Yaaas!, Roald Dahl’s The Twits, 2:22 - A Ghost Story, Fourteen, Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox, Jane Eyre, A Christmas Carol, Fourthcoming, The Australian premiere of Green Day’s American Idiot, George’s Marvellous Medicine, Endgame, Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts, Dracula, Wuthering Heights, 1984, Tequila Mockingbird, Out Damn Snot, Animal Farm and Statespeare. 
 
The company is widely acknowledged as a leading national touring theatre company, taking medium to large scale works to major metropolitan and regional centres, annually. Shake & Stir has been nominated for PAC Australia’s Drover Award for Tour of the Year on five occasions, collecting the Award consecutively in 2014 & 2015. 

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