Unexpected Twist! An Oliver Twisted Tale

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Shona and her class are studying the book, Oliver Twist. She’s the new girl in school and is finding it hard to stay out of trouble – much like Oliver himself! When she’s given a new phone by a stranger, she begins to suspect there’s something unusual about the new boys she’s met. The songs start off strong. The first few numbers are brilliant. There’s a variety of genres throughout but some of the songs are a little same-y whilst a handful feel half-baked.

Game of Thrones. Eddard Stark, the head of House Stark and Lord of Winterfell, is beheaded by Joffrey Lannister. You’re about to marry the world-famous inventor of AI companions when you learn why you’ve never seen them asleep. Love, Simon. Simon Spier doesn’t expect to cross paths again with Bram Greenfeld in his search for “Blue,” his pen pal and the other closeted gay student at his high school. A couple whose five-year-old son was kidnapped later adopts a teenager who believes he was “rescued” at age five. He’s not wrong. Life of Pi. Pi Patel tells a story about cannibalization and survival on the open sea that may or may not be about zoo animals.Directed by James Dacre (Olivier Award-nominated Our Lady Of Kibeho and Artistic Director of Royal & Derngate, Northampton) with design by Frankie Bradshaw’s ( Two Trains Running) Unexpected Twist brings to vivid life the worlds of both Shona and Oliver, as their stories twist together, unexpectedly! You find a work-from-home roommate who’s tidy, considerate, responsible, and a fantastic cook. Then the neighbors start disappearing. Aliens find a spaceship with an abandoned child; little by little, they mine her memories to reveal a devastating truth. In which the reveal of the villain ( or anti-villain) is a surprise to audiences. Maybe they’re a minor character or someone entirely unexpected (such as a close friend or relative of the protagonist). I just say, ‘You get on with it. It’s your show, along with all the work, investment and responsibility’. I’m always slightly suspicious when somebody pops in and says, ‘You know, you could do this or that’, and then clears off.

Michael Rosen is the English children’s novelist, poet, and the author of 140 books. He served as Children’s Laureate from June 2007 to June 2009. He has been a TV presenter and a political columnist, and his books include Carrying the Elephant: A Memoir of Love and Loss and Uncle Billy Being Silly. There’s only one Michael Rosen…” as a chanting football crowd might have it. But you can’t help asking yourself if that’s right because he’s a man who touches so many lives in different ways.The cast is incredible talented – especially vocally. Drew Hylton is wonderful in the leading role of Shona (and Oliver). It’s hard to believe she’s only 18. She’s surely going places. A teenager uses magic to help his crush win a competition when he suspects someone of sabotaging her. The suspect knows something he doesn’t. A blind teenager has a gift for drawing faces based on witness descriptions. Her latest drawing looks exactly like her mother.