Aya Cash, Tessa Bonham Jones, John Lithgow, Elliot Levey, Rachael Stirling and Richard Hope will bring Giant to the West End when the Royal Court Theatre production arrives at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
Nominated for five Olivier Awards (Best New Play, Best Actor for John Lithgow, Best Supporting Actor for Levey, Best Supporting Actress for Romola Garai and Best Director for Nicholas Hytner), the show premiered at the Royal Court in September 2024 and will now run for 14 weeks only at the Harold Pinter Theatre, from April 26 – August 2, 2025. Opening night is set for May 1.
A world-famous children’s author under threat. A battle of wills in the wake of scandal. And one chance to make amends…
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 antisemitic 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.
Cash (The Boys) makes her West End debut as US publisher Jessie Stone, with Jones (Dune: Prophecy) returning as Hallie. Lithgow (Conclave) is Roald Dahl, Levey (Cold War) is Tom Maschler, Stirling (The Divine Mrs S) is Felicity Crosland and Hope (Hijack) plays Wally Saunders.
Giant is written by Mark Rosenblatt, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Straight Line Crazy, La Belle Sauvage) and designed by Bob Crowley.
The production features 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 and Mark Rubinstein is executive producer for the West End production.
The Royal Court’s production of Giant will be lead produced in the West End by Brian and Dayna Lee, Stephanie Kramer and Nicole Kramer, Josh Fiedler and Robyn Goodman, Royal Court Theatre. It is coproduced with Tilted Productions, FKP Productions, Delman Gracey, Stephanie P McClelland, Jessica R Jenen & Linda B Rubin, Peter Stern & Tom Smedes and Mark Rubinstein.
Tickets: gianttheplay.com
Top image: John Lithgow in the Royal Court production of GIANT © Manuel Harlan