The Witches

Description

"A real witch spends all her time plotting to get rid of the children in her particular territory. Her passion is to do away with them, one by one. It is all she thinks about the whole day long. Witches absolutely detest children. To a witch, a child smells like dogs' droppings. And now the Grand High Witch is planning to get rid of every child in England - can anybody stop them?"

Los Altos Youth Theatre proudly presents the West Coast Premiere of Roald Dahl's classic story "The Witches" at the Bus Barn Theater, running March 15-24. Friday and Saturday evening performances begin at 7:00 PM. Saturday and Sunday matinee performances begin at 2:00 PM.

This faithful adaptation of Dahl's quirky, scary tale tells the story of a brave young boy and his Norwegian grandmother as they battle against England's child-hating witches who are holding a conference at an English seaside hotel. Unfortunately, the boy is turned into a mouse, but with the help of his loving Grandmother, he manages to spoil the witches' evil plot, saving England's children from suffering the same fate.

When he was a child himself, Roald Dahl used to spend every summer holiday with his family in Norway, where he was inspired by bedtime stories of witches and magic. He wrote about these holidays in
Boy: Tales of Childhood. It is also said that the grandmother in
"The Witches" was partially inspired by Roald's own mother.

In 1983, the year it was published, "The Witches" won three awards: The New York Times Outstanding Books Award, The Federation of Children's Book Groups Award, and the prestigious Whitbread Award.

A film version of the story, starring Angelica Huston as the witches' leader, The Grand High Witch, was released in 1990.

"The Witches" is a production of the Los Altos Youth Theatre, which is a youth education program of the City of Los Altos' Recreation and Community Services Department and Los Altos Stage Company.

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http://losaltosstage.org/the-witches/

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