‘Once you is knowing dreams is real… you is seeing them very easily’

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.

Gather your chiddlers to see Roald Dahl’s unforgettable story come to life this winter. Tom Wells’ magical new adaptation is directed by RSC Co-Artistic Director Daniel Evans, whose previous productions include Quiz, South Pacific and Our Generation.

Creative team

Adaptor Tom Wells | Director Daniel Evans | Puppetry Designer & Director Toby Olié | Set Designer Vicki Mortimer | Costume Designer Kinnetia Isidore | Lighting Designer Zoe Spurr | Video Designer Akhila Krishnan | Illusions Chris Fisher | Composer Oleta Haffner | Sound Designer Carolyn Downing | Choreographer & Movement Director Ira Mandela Siobhan | Puppetry Co-Designer Daisy Beattie | Casting Director Christopher Worrall CDG | Children’s Casting Director Verity Naughton CDG

New Work at the RSC is generously supported by Hawthornden Foundation and The Drue and H.J. Heinz II Charitable Trust