GIANT - The Play

GIANT comes to the Connaught Theatre in Worthing on Sunday 22 November at 2:00pm and Tuesday 24 November at 7:00pm. It's a screen version of the stage play, filmed live in London's West End before its sold-out Broadway run, so you're seeing the production as it played in the theatre rather than a filmed adaptation. The play stars John Lithgow as Roald Dahl and runs for 2 hours 36 minutes.

Set in the summer of 1983, the story finds Dahl making last-minute edits to The Witches while rocked by the outcry over a recent, explicitly antisemitic article he'd written. It draws on real events from that period of his life, and the screen version carries a BBFC 15 certificate, so it's not for the younger crowd. The production was directed by Nicholas Hytner and picked up five stars from critics.

It's a heavily awarded piece of theatre: it won three Olivier Awards, including Best Play, and Lithgow took home a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance. If you're a fan of Dahl's work, it's a look at him as a man rather than just the author of the books you know. Between the two dates, there's a matinee on the Sunday and an evening show on the Tuesday, so you can pick whichever fits your schedule better.

Tickets start from £14.50 plus a £0.75 transaction fee, and the whole thing runs for 2 hours 36 minutes, so leave yourself plenty of time if you're heading to the matinee.