Stars of ‘most shocking’ kids show ever reunite 23 years after 90s show ended

The stars of a 90s TV show that had a drawstring of chaotic storylines have reunited 2 decades aft it came to an end.

Running from 1990 until 2001, the Australian children’s comedy play bid Round the Twist near its people connected a procreation of viewers.

Based connected stories by writer Paul Jennings, it followed the supernatural adventures of the Twist household – dada Tony and his 3 kids Pete, Linda and Bronson – who determination into a lighthouse successful the fictional coastal municipality of Port Niranda.

The archetypal 2 seasons, released successful 1990 and 1993, starred Richard Moir arsenic the household patriarch, with the kids played by six antithetic actors.

It past returned with a brand-new formed for different 2 seasons successful 2000 and 2001, with the amusement airing connected BBC One and Nickelodeon successful the UK.

Now, 23 years aft the past play came to an end, stars of the amusement person travel backmost together.

This week the Round the Twist philharmonic premiered astatine the Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s Playhouse, with the accumulation pursuing the household arsenic they ‘embark connected a magical escapade to unravel a one-hundred-year-old enigma and rewrite history’.

Stars from crossed 3 seasons of the TV bid attended the archetypal show, posing unneurotic for photos connected the reddish carpet.

They included Robyn Gibbes (Fay, Season 1 and 2), Eamonn Kelly (Andrew, Season 2), Nick Mitchell (Tiger, Season 2), Cameron Nugent (Tiger, Season 1), Ben Thomas (Pete, Season 2), Jeffrey Walker (Bronson, Season 2), Tamsin West (Linda, Season 2), and Richie Young (James Gribble, Season 2).

One of the stars who has stayed moving successful the amusement manufacture since the amusement is Jeffrey, who played Bronson successful the 2nd play of Round the Twist.

He’s since gone connected to go a director, moving down the camera connected Neighbours, Home and Away, H2O: Just Add Water, Modern Family, Bones, Young Sheldon and Young Rock.

Years aboriginal immoderate viewers inactive person the catchy taxable tune and lyrics (Have you ever, ever felt similar this?) stuck successful their heads, oregon can’t rather hide the jaw-dropping storylines that pushed boundaries.

From an occurrence astir Pete getting large aft peeing connected a tree, Bronson’s backstage parts being turned into a propellor aft swallowing a uncommon ‘whirling derfish’ and Linda being stalked by a possessed scarecrow, it’s unsurprising immoderate said the bid was ‘horrifying’ and ‘scarred them for life’.

The musical’s composer and playwright Paul Hodge told The Guardian helium was hopeful the amusement could beryllium staged successful the UK astatine immoderate point.

‘I didn’t realise erstwhile I started penning it however good known it is extracurricular of Australia,’ helium said.

‘It was astir apt adjacent bigger successful the UK than it is successful Australia. It premiered connected the BBC first, due to the fact that Channel Seven was dragging their feet astir airing it – truthful the BBC had already aired it, and was already asking for a 2nd season, earlier Australia had adjacent seen it.’

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