The BFG

Organised by : Chichester Festival Theatre

https://www.cft.org.uk/events/the-bfg

Gather your chiddlers to see Roald Dahls unforgettable story come to life this spring. This magical new adaptation by Tom Wells (The Kitchen Sink, Jumpers For Goalposts) is directed by former CFT Artistic Director, current RSC Co-Artistic Director Daniel Evans, whose Chichester productions included Quiz, South Pacific and Our Generation.

Get in early and secure your tickets for our Festival 2026 opener.

One extraordinary night, a young orphan named Sophie is snatched by a giant 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 hes a dream-catching, snozzcumber-munching gentle soul who refuses to eat humans.

While other giants terrorise the world, the BFG ignites Sophies 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.