Overview
- The Royal Shakespeare Company’s staging at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre runs to 7 February, with a March–April transfer to Chichester reported by i.
- Toby Olié’s designs alternate a towering puppet BFG with John Leader’s live performance, drawing broad praise for ingenuity.
- Several critics say scale shifts and pacing dilute emotional engagement, though Dahl’s humor and visual invention register strongly.
- Helena Lymbery’s Queen features more prominently in Tom Wells’s script under Daniel Evans, with a new confidante for Sophie named Kimberley.
- Press night drew a thunderous ovation, with Ellemie Shivers noted as Sophie and set pieces like the whizzpopping sequence landing well.