The Dark Heart Of Roald Dahl

Nominated for five 2025 Olivier Awards including Best New Play and Best Actor for John Lithgow

Two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow reprises his 2025 Oliver-nominated role as Roald Dahl on the West End stage in this vital portrait of the author and his widely publicized antisemitic views, directed by Nicholas Hytner. 

Described by playwright Mark Rosenblatt as an "uncomfortably funny, urgent and provocative night in the theatre", the drama takes place at the height of Dahl's best-selling career, concerning the fallout from his interview with The New Statesman, in which his dangerous opinions first became public. An apt subject for both our current times and the venue and its recent history, Giants is set to be an unmissable critique of the beloved children's author and the contrast of rhetoric and opinion.

The art vs the artist

One of the bestselling creators of children's literature of the 20th century and with a legacy that continues to this day, Roald Dahl has long been considered a national treasure. But the man behind the books was deeply flawed. It's a familiar premise for today's audiences as social media offers creators an outlet for their own outspoken views. Should we strive to divorce the art from the artist, ask for an apology, or forgive them their distorted opinions?