Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes:
Little Red Riding Hood & The Three Little Pigs
A swashboggling show that will leave families full of laughter and joy!
Performances on the 12th, 13th, 19th & 20th August @ 11am
Location: Waterperry Amphitheatre
Duration: 45mins Details: 11:00 start | no interval | 11:45 finish Age Recommendation: 5+ |
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About "Revolting Rhymes"
Revolting Rhymes is a collection of Roald Dahl poems first published in 1982. A parody of traditional folk tales in verse, Dahl gives a re-interpretation of well-known fairy tales, featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after finishes.
In Little Red Riding Hood the wolf enters the grandmother's house and devours her before putting on her clothes to eat Little Red Riding Hood next. Riding Hood is not disturbed however, and calmly pulls a pistol out of her underwear and shoots the wolf ("The small girl smiles/Her eyelid flickers/She whips a pistol from her knickers/She aims it at the creature's head and BANG! BANG! BANG! she shoots him ... dead.") – yielding her a new wolfskin coat. In The Three Little Pigs, the wolf quickly blows down the houses of straw and sticks, devouring the first two pigs. The third house of bricks is too strong, so the wolf resolves to come back that evening with dynamite. The third pig has other plans, however, and asks Little Red Riding Hood to come and deal with the wolf. Ever the sharpshooter, Red Riding Hood gains a second wolfskin coat and a pigskin travelling case. |
Tour Information
Our production will be touring to Opera Holland Park, the Oxford Festival of the Arts, and Lichfield Festival before performances in August at Waterperry Opera Festival.
Please click below to find out about Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes performances at our partner organisations:
Please click below to find out about Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes performances at our partner organisations:
Lichfield Festival
8th July @ 2pm (SOLD OUT) & 4pm |
Oxford Festival of the Arts
Magdalen College School Grounds, Oxford 16th July from 11am–4pm |
Roald Dahl Museum, Great Missenden HP16 0AL
Friday 28 – Sunday 30 of July 10am Museum entry, 11am performance 12pm Museum entry, 1pm performance 2pm Museum entry, 3pm performance Note: The Museum will be open on these dates for performance ticket holders only.
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