“I wanted to put you bang in the picture. Appraise you of the difficulties. Because, in case you hadn’t noticed, he’s a human fucking boobytrap. And now, guess what, surprise surprise, boom!”
A world-famous children’s author under threat. A battle of wills in the wake of scandal. And one chance to make amends…
It’s the summer of 1983, The Witches is about to hit the shelves and Roald Dahl is making last-minute edits. But the outcry at his recent, explicitly antisemitic article won’t die down.
Across a single afternoon at his family home, and rocked by an unexpectedly explosive confrontation, Dahl is forced to choose: make a public apology or risk his name and reputation.
Inspired by real events, Mark Rosenblatt’s debut play explores with dark humour the difference between considered opinion and dangerous rhetoric.
Directed by Nicholas Hytner (Straight Line Crazy, La Belle Sauvage) and starring Tony and Golden Globe-winner John Lithgow (Killers of the Flower Moon, The Crown), alongside Olivier Award-winner Elliot Levey (Cold War, Cabaret, Good), Giant offers a complicated portrait of a fiendishly charismatic icon.
Access Performances
Audio Described performance - Saturday 9th November 1.30pm
BSL Interpreted performance - Saturday 9th November 6.30pm
2hr 20min. Incl. 1 interval.
20th September, 2024
16th November, 2024
Plays, Stars on Stage, Off West End
Ages 14+.
By: Mark Rosenblatt
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Designer: Bob Crowley
Lighting: Anna Watson
Sound: Alexandra Faye Braithwaite
Assistant Director: Bellaray Bertrand-Webb
Stage Manager: Laura Hammond
Cast list: John Lithgow, Elliot Levey, Rachael Stirling, Tessa Bonham Jones, Romola Garai, Richard Hope
Location: Off-West End
Railway station: Sloane Square
Bus numbers: (Sloane Square Station Stop D) 19, 22, 137, 452
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