Bonecrunchers and Bloodbottlers! The BFG descends on the Chichester Festival Theatre

Richard Riddell as the gruesome Bloodbottler (backstage) - Photograph by Simon Hadley

Adapted by Tom Wells, Roald Dahl's classic story, THE BFG, will transfer from Stratford-upon-Avon to West Sussex this Spring in a new co-production between the RSC, The Chichester Festival Theatre and Singapore Repertory Theatre and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay.

Delivering a theatrical feast of jaw-dropping giants, oversized snozzcumbers, iridescent dream jars and frobscottle fit for the Queen of Enger-land herself, the show features a cast of 24, including ten talented puppeteers who together operate puppets ranging from the 16-foot Bloodbottler to the seven-inch Sophie. They are supported by a backstage team of more than 60 production staff, seven live musicians, and a creative team of over 30 artists and technical specialists spanning lighting, costume, puppetry, set design, video, illusions, music and sound. 

Running at the Festival Theatre from 9 March – 11 April, The BFG is the story of a young orphan named Sophie, who is snatched by a giant one night, 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 wreak havoc, 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. 

This darkly comic and mischievous new stage adaptation comes to CFT from the RSC, after which it will transfer to Singapore’s Esplanade Theatre.

BOOKING INFORMATION

Tickets from £15, family tickets available at certain performances (half price for up to four U16s with every full price paying adult)

cft.org.uk

Box Office 01243 781312

Prologue: £5 tickets for 16 – 30s

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