The Witches of Little Timble

This was the first play that I did with OCP. It was a fabulous show under the direction of Jonas Gustafson with the wonderful words specially written by the elusive Norbert Taps. Having not acted for some time it was very warming to learn new skills and gain confidence.

My part was Maggie Tapps who was a young girl accused of witchcraft! I enjoyed every minute of this play especially performing in the Timble Hall where the play was based.

- Karen Lewis

The Witches of Little Timble was performed in December 2002, first in the yard of the Black Horse in Otley, then later in the village of Timble, at the request of one of the residents who saw us in Otley.

The story tells of the people of Little Timble performing a play in 1878, before their village is flooded to make a reservoir. Their play is the true story from 1621 of the witches of Little Timble. See programme (below) for more details.