- Running time 1 hour 48 minutes (Including 20 minutes)
Get tickets to The BFG – Roald Dahl’s unforgettable tale, live on stage
This winter, Roald Dahl’s beloved story bursts to life in a spectacular new adaptation by Tom Wells (The Kitchen Sink, Jumpers for Goalposts), directed by RSC Co-Artistic Director Daniel Evans (Quiz, South Pacific, Our Generation).
Join Sophie and the Big Friendly Giant on an extraordinary adventure filled with heart, humour, and dazzling stage magic. A fun, festive treat for the whole family, this enchanting production promises to delight audiences of all ages.
The BFG is playing at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from 25 November 2025 to 31 January 2026, and Chichester Festival Theatre from 9 March to 11 April 2026.
One extraordinary night, a young orphan named Sophie is snatched by a giant and taken far away to Giant Country.
There she learns that human-eating giants are guzzling ‘norphans’ the world over. But she soon discovers that her new friend, the BFG, is different – he’s a dream-catching, snozzcumber-munching gentle soul who refuses to eat humans.
While other giants terrorise the world, the BFG ignites Sophie’s imagination, and they devise a daring plan to save children everywhere. In the end, the smallest human bean and the gentlest giant prove that a dream can change the world.
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Who is in the cast of The BFG?
- Starring John Leader (War Horse) as the BFG.
- Helena Lymbery (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) as The Queen
- Elsie Laslett, Ellemie Shivers and Martha Bailey Vine sharing the role of Sophie
- Maisy Lee, Charlotte Jones and Uma Patel sharing the role of Kimberley
- Richard Riddell as the terrifying giant Bloodbottler, Sargon Yelda as Tibbs the Butler, Philip Labey as Captains Smith and Luke Sumner as Frith
The Ensemble are Parkey Abeyratne, J.R. Ballantyne, Sonya Cullingford, Ailsa Dalling, Fred Davis, Elisa de Grey, Lottie Johnson, Shaun McCourt, Corey Mitchell, Aki Nakagawa, Onioluwa Taiwo and Ben Thompson
Who are the creative team of The BFG?
- Based on Roald Dahl’s The BFG
- Adaptated by Tom Wells
- Directed by Daniel Evans
- Puppetry Design and Direction by Toby Olié
- Set Design by Vicki Mortimer
- Costume Design by Kinnetia Isidore
- Lighting Design by Zoe Spurr
- Video Design by Akhila Krishnan
- Illusions by Chris Fisher
- Music by Oleta Haffner
- Sound Design by Carolyn Downing
- Choreography and Movement Direction by Ira Mandela Siobhan
- Puppetry Co-Design by Daisy Beattie
- Casting Director is Christopher Worrall CDG
- Children’s Casting Director is Verity Naughton CDG.
Critics' reviews of The BFG
★★★★ "Roald Dahl’s tale comes to magical life ... a sense of glowing delight" - The Stage
★★★★ "A wondercrump of a show" - Metro
★★★★ “Gloriumptious” - What's On Stage
● "This adaptation of the beloved tale about an ogre looks beautiful" - The Guardian
● "Whizzpopping fart jokes give the RSC’s show lift-off" - The Times
● "Wonderful" - The Telegraph








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