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Wed 9 - Sat 12 November 2022
​Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds

Roald Dahl's
The BFG
(Big Friendly Giant)

adapted for the stage by David Wood
directed by Ian Goodison

Leeds Children’s Theatre is excited to bring  Roald Dahl’s classic tale about ​The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) and a little orphan called Sophie to the Carrriageworks Theatre, Leeds this November, along with a cast of other wonderful characters. ​​
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​Recommended for ages 5+ ​​
Book tickets online 24/7
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Tickets:

Families and Individuals
  • Standard: £15.00 
  • Under 16: £12.00
  • Over 60: £14.00
  • Student: £14.00
  • Unwaged: £14.00
  • Leeds Card: £14.00
(prices include 10% booking fee)
Tickets booked on or before Fri 30 September will receive a 10% Early Bird Discount (this offer excludes school/group bookings £9 deal) .
Schools and Children’s Clubs 
  • £9 per child (min. 20 children. Prices include 10% booking fee) 
1 adult supervisor can watch free of charge for every 10 children. Please enquire/book these by emailing the box office at groupbookings@leeds.gov.uk.

The venue: 

Carriageworks Theatre
The Electric Press
3 Millennium Square
Leeds
​LS2 3AD
Carriageworks Theatre Website

The story 

​In a quest to save the children of England from a horrible fate the BFG and young “human bean” Sophie set out together to defeat the grisly child-eating giants; Bloodbottler, Fleshlumpeater, Bonecruncher, Meatdripper, Childchewer, and Gizzardgulper. 
In a whirl-wind adventure Sophie finds herself transported from her bedroom to the BFG’s cave in Giant Country, then to Dream Country before finally arriving at Buckingham Palace where they are helped in their fight by the Queen of England and the Heads of the Army and Airforce with their “bellypoppers”.
This well-loved story of a dream-blowing, big friendly giant (BFG) and orphan girl Sophie promises to mix up heart-pounding adventures with life-long friendships, jumbly words and even some whizzpopping in front of the Queen of England. 
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Gallery

©Zhenxi Yeo
©Zhenxi Yeo

The Cast:

M Tattersall as Dad/BFG. 
C Dickson as Mum/Childchewer/Miss Plumridge/the Queen of England. 
N Kelly as Sophie. 
J Dickson as Guy/Fleshlumpeater/Headteacher/Mr Tibbs.
S Small as Daniel/Bloodbottler/Classmate/Ronald Simkins/Head of the Army. 
L Rugg as Classmate/Sam Simkins/Bonecruncher/Head of the Airforce. 
A Gregory as Katherine/Meatdripper/Classmate/Mary. 
M Bayliss as Rebecca/Gizzardgulper/Undermaid/Queen of Sweden. 

I Goodison  Director 

This amateur production of “The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd.
​on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk 
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"The aim of Leeds Children's Theatre is to produce plays suitable for children,
​the players to be either children or adults or both, as is necessary for the production"
. 
This was drawn into the constitution in April 1937 and it remains the aim of Leeds Children's Theatre today ​

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