Reviews are in for Giant
Kitty, May 2nd, 2025Mark Rosenblatt's play about Roald Dahl is now open at the Harold Pinter Theatre
Opening at the Harold Pinter Theatre last night following its Olivier-winning debut at the Royal Court, Mark Rosenblatt's staggering play about Roald Dahl and his vicious anti-semitism is unsurprisingly a hit with the critics the second time around. See what they had to say below:
" John Lithgow is mesmerising as Roald Dahl in this summer smash
Now in a West End transfer, this pithy drama, which delves into the anti-Semitism storm that engulfed Dahl in 1983 is the play to see" The Telegraph
"John Lithgow gives a career-best performance in this blisteringly topical colossus of a play.
A big play has got bigger still in the West End upgrade of Giant, which arrives for a commercial run bearing three Olivier Awards, Best Play included, and, in keeping with its title, announces itself as a colossus." - London Theatre
"Mark Rosenblatt's John Lithgow-powered Roald Dahl drama is back and now it's bigger and more troubling than ever. General advice is to stay away from hornets' nests, especially if you are the West End and you want people to have a nice time and pay lots of money for a ticket. Mark Rosenblatt's debut play goes against general advice. In fact he finds the biggest hornets' nests he can and prods at all of them, and sees what comes flying out. What does come out is pretty spectacular." - Time Out
"John Lithgow's Roald Dahl conquers the West End. You'll both pity and revile Lithgow's portrait of the antisemitic author in Nicholas Hytner's immaculate production of Mark Rosenblatt's enthralling play" - The Times
