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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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RSC The BFG review - Dahl's giant tale is a wow-filled wonder on Stratford stage
8 / 10
Bringing all this to the stage requires skill and vision, of which director Daniel Evans and his team evidently possess limitless supplies. Visually, the show is a marvel, a world of colour and light that draws frequent gasps and often beggars belief. Key to it all is a brilliant and wholly convincing depiction of scale: the characters sometimes appear as humans and sometimes as puppets, miniature or gigantic, manipulated with almost uncanny lifelikeness. None of this feels gratuitous or gimmicky, but rather a reflection of the assured excellence that suffuses the production.
This BFG adaptation is fun, but sanitised. Would Roald Dahl approve?
7 / 10
Wonderful, but at other points, it feels like the focus gets lost; as when we’re required to watch both the human and puppet versions of the other bruising giants slug it out, diminishing the menace of the vicious “Bloodbottler” in particular. Likewise, although there’s a beautiful sequence in which a feather-like luminous “dream” magically darts about the auditorium, only to be caught in BFG’s net, the preoccupation in the story, about how our dreams relate to our subconscious fears, feels under explored. Sophie, BFG and the Queen too (a redoubtable Helena Lymbery) are all struggling with loneliness, but a deep sense of inner-life is lacking.
Photos: Backstage at The Royal Shakespeare Company's THE BFG
by Stephi Wild - January 16, 2026
by Stephi Wild - January 16, 2026
All new photos have been released from backstage at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in The BFG. Learn more about the production and check out the backstage photos here!
Review Roundup: THE BFG at Royal Shakespeare Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 10, 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 10, 2025
Royal Shakespeare Company is presenting The BFG, based on the novel by Roald Dahl and directed by RSC Co-Artistic Director, Daniel Evans. See what the critics are saying here!
Photos: THE BFG Celebrates Opening Night at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
by Stephi Wild - December 10, 2025
by Stephi Wild - December 10, 2025
The official opening of The BFG was recently held at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Check out photos from the opening celebrations here!
Photos: THE BFG is Now Playing at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
by Stephi Wild - December 8, 2025
by Stephi Wild - December 8, 2025
All new production photos have been released for The BFG, based on the novel by Roald Dahl and directed by RSC Co-Artistic Director, Daniel Evans. Check out the photos here!
Photos: Roald Dahl’s THE BFG in Rehearsals
by Stephi Wild - October 31, 2025
by Stephi Wild - October 31, 2025
All new photos have been released from rehearsal for the world stage premiere of The BFG. The show will open at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon for a 11-week run over the festive season.
Further Cast Set For The Royal Shakespeare Company 's THE BFG
by Stephi Wild - September 2, 2025
by Stephi Wild - September 2, 2025
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Chichester Festival Theatre and the Roald Dahl Story Company, have announced further casting for The BFG. Learn more here!
John Leader to Star in THE BFG at RSC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 1, 2025
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 1, 2025
The Royal Shakespeare Company, Chichester Festival Theatre and the Roald Dahl Story Company, revealed that John Leader will step into the oversized shoes of Roald Dahl’s beloved character, the BFG. Learn more!
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