Our Young Ambassadors review Dweeb-A-Mania

23rd October 2025

As part of their responsibility as Polka’s Young Ambassadors, members of this scheme were invited to watch our latest production, Dweeb-A-Mania and write up or film their own reviews of the show.

Scroll to see our Young Ambassadors thoughts!

 

I really enjoyed watching Dweeb-A-Mania for a vast variety of reasons: the facial expressions of the actors were wonderful and made me feel different emotions for them and I also liked how the play really interacted with the audience.  

The way the characters performed and did actions emphasised the personalities they were acting out; Nora could be easily thought of as dramatic but caring whilst Lily was shy and rather cheeky.  

My favourite part was when Bentley revealed his true passion for sewing; this bit was very memorable as it was an unexpected twist.  

I would recommend this show because it goes through many emotions people have faced through the transition from primary to secondary; it relates to me as I have recently been through the same change.  

 

I loved the show and all the actors. 

My least favourite character was Bentley because he was mean to the girls and called them Dweebs, and he didn’t admit that he didn’t like wrestling until the very end. I still didn’t like him at the end but I understood him more. 

Lily was my favourite character. I liked Lily because she actually changed near the end, she would normally do what Bentley said but Kemi and Nora said ‘Don’t you want to break the rules just once’ and she became more confident speaking up for herself. She did the science experiment and made the doughnut vortex – and also made the chicken cannon.  

The chicken cannon was my favourite bit. It was funny because I wasn’t expecting the chickens to be launched. I really wanted to pick one up and throw it. 

The other bit that made me laugh was when Kemi said ‘Blood, must not faint’. I thought it was very funny that a wrestler was afraid of blood as wrestlers punch and kick one another.

 

 

Dweeb-A-Mania is an excellent show and I really enjoyed watching it. It’s a story about two dorky girls (Nora and Kemi) who are desperate to go to Bently’s year six leavers party. They ask Bently’s younger sister Lily to help them. But then the girls find out they aren’t allowed to fight at the party because they’re girls. Maybe disguises will help? Or is being a dweeb better than they thought it was? 

 

Dweeb-A-Mania was the best!

It was about two super-smart girls, Kemi and Norah, who got called “dweebs” by a mean boy named Bentley and weren’t invited to his party. That was mean! 😢 

So what did they do? They decided to become champion wrestlers! They learned how to do huge body slams and flying kicks so they could crash the party and prove they were cool. 😎 

The wrestling was super loud and exciting. The funniest part was all the barbecued chickens flying around! 🤣

It’s a really fast and funny show that tells everyone it’s okay to be smart and cool at the same time. I loved it! 😊 

 

I enjoyed it because there were some really funny parts like at the end when you were throwing the toy chickens with the big smoke thing where it blew out air circles. 

I didn’t like the bit where Bentley said that girls can’t wrestle, because I think anyone can wrestle if they want to, even if they are a girl. 

When Lily and Bentley were in the same room and they were fighting, that bit reminds me of when me and my sister fight sometimes. I was happy that they made the wrestling group together at the end. 

My favourite character was Norah because she was really funny and so was Kemi and Lilly. Also I really liked at the start when Bentley was hi-fiving everybody. 

To people thinking of watching the show I say:  
“You should watch it! It is so funny and even if you don’t like wrestling you’re going to love it!” 

 

 

This show reminded me of when I was in primary school and the boys didn’t let any girls play basketball, just like Bentley refuses to invite the girls to his wrestling party. 

I particularly liked the wresting and science theme and the ‘girl power’ message throughout the whole show. If I were to describe it with three words, they would be friendship, parties, and wrestling. The ending for me was my favourite part because it was funny and reminded everyone that it’s ok to like something that not many other people like and to be yourself. Something they could change would be the costumes that Kemi and Norah had to wear in the ring, but I would definitely recommend this to anyone who likes wrestling and chicken!

 

My favourite part of the show was the part with the air cannon vortex and the chickens. The show made me laugh a lot. Bentley being scared of chickens being shot at him was so funny!

I think the message of the story was not to judge someone by their sex and not to discriminate. The story was so captivating. It reminded me of a time I watched a man and a woman fight each other in a boxing match on TV.

I would recommend this show to a friend.

 

When asked to sum up the show in a few words, here’s what they said!

“Gripping, exciting and amusing”

“Funny, exhilarating and action-packed”

“Amazing, funny, wrest-tacular”

“Funny, well-done and inspiring”