The Olivier Award-winning play GIANT, with John Lithgow as Roald Dahl, is screened live in the cinema at Warwick Arts Centre.
GIANT comes to the cinema at Warwick Arts Centre from Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 November, a filmed version of the West End play starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl. It's a five-star, critically acclaimed production that picked up three Olivier Awards, including Best Play, and a Tony for Best Actor in a Play. The whole thing was filmed live in London's West End before its sold-out Broadway run, and it runs for two hours and 16 minutes.
The play is set in the summer of 1983 and draws on real events. The Witches was about to hit the shelves, and Dahl was making last-minute edits while the outcry over his recent, explicitly antisemitic article still raged. Across a single afternoon at his family home, rocked by an unexpectedly explosive confrontation, Dahl is forced to choose between making a public apology or risking his name and reputation. It's a dark comedy that looks at the difference between considered opinion and dangerous rhetoric.
Lithgow, known for Killers of the Flower Moon and The Crown, takes the lead, with Aya Cash, Elliot Levey, and Rachael Stirling alongside him. The production has been widely praised, and seeing it in the cinema brings that West End performance to Coventry.
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Warwick Arts Centre, on the University of Warwick campus, is one of the UK's largest multi-artform venues and has recently gone through a £25.5 million transformation. Tickets are £19.50, with a £17.50 rate for under 26s and students, and a £10.50 option available. The run goes from Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 November, so you've got a few dates to choose from.
