Bored with playing silly tricks on one another, the revolting and hideous Mr and Mrs Twit turn their attention to capturing and training a family of monkeys (the Mugglewumps) for a circus act, but the monkeys turn the tables on the Twits, with the aid of some helpful birds that convince the Twits the world has turned upside down.

Will Mr and Mrs Twit learn their lesson, or are they truly like their names suggest… complete ‘twits’?

By Roald Dahl
Adapted for the stage by David Wood