The Royal Court’s acclaimed production of Giant is now in its final weeks at the West End’s Harold Pinter Theatre in London.
The award-winning debut play by Mark Rosenblatt, directed by Nicholas Hytner (The History Boys) finishes its run at the Harold Pinter Theatre on 2 August 2025.
Giant won three Olivier Awards this year, including Best Actor (John Lithgow), Best Supporting Actor (Elliot Levey) and Best New Play.
The play also won the Critics’ Circle Award for Best New Play whilst Mark Rosenblatt received the award for Most Promising Playwright.
Giant first premiered at the Royal Court in September 2024, and has been seen by over 56,000 people since it opened on 1 May 2025 in the West End.
The play stars Olivier, Tony and Golden Globe-winner John Lithgow (Conclave, The Crown, Dumbledore in HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter TV series) as Roald Dahl, with Aya Cash (The Boys, The Franchise, You’re the Worst) as US Publisher Jessie Stone, Olivier Award-winner Elliot Levey (Cold War, Patriots, Good) as Tom Maschler, Olivier Award-nominee Rachael Stirling (The Divine Mrs S) as Felicity Crosland, Tessa Bonham Jones (Dune: Prophecy, The Young Woman and the Sea) as Hallie and Richard Hope (Hijack) as Wally Saunders.
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 anti-Semitic 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, Giant explores with dark humour the difference between considered opinion and dangerous rhetoric, offering a complicated portrait of a fiendishly charismatic icon.
The creative team for Giant also includes design by Bob Crowley, lighting design by Anna Watson, sound design by Alexandra Faye Braithwaite and casting by Arthur Carrington with additional US casting (Jessie Stone) by Daniel Swee. General Management is by Short Street Productions Ltd and Mark Rubinstein is Executive Producer for the West End Production.
Giant is playing at the Harold Pinter Theatre until 2 August 2025.
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