Giant at the Harold Pinter Theatre review: 'the most urgent play in London right now'

John Lithgow on JK Rowling's trans stance backlash: 'She's handled it fairly gracefully'

John Lithgow is well-versed in controversial children's authors, currently playing Roald Dahl on stage in Giant, and soon to step into JK Rowling's Harry Potter franchise.

Giant at the Harold Pinter Theatre review: 'the most urgent play in London right now'

Mark Rosenblatt’s Giant tackles Roald Dahl’s antisemitism in blistering style with a sublimely nuanced performance by John Lithgow

How Giant, a Provocative New Play, Tackles Roald Dahl's Antisemitism

(Bloomberg) — The summer of 1983 was a tough time to be—and to be around—Roald Dahl, according to Mark Rosenblatt, whose play about the iconic author, Giant, has just opened at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London’s West End. Dahl, then 66, was recently divorced; his fiancée was renovating his home, so he was living amid a construction mess while working on edits of The Witches; and the press was tearing him apart for a review he penned about a b…

How Giant, a Provocative New Play, Tackles Roald Dahl’s Antisemitism

Playwright Mark Rosenblatt talks about the beloved author’s complex legacy and about working with John Lithgow.

Giant, review: This could be the West End hit of 2025

Having previously sold out at the Royal Court, this drama – about the anti-Semitism storm that engulfed Dahl in 1983 – is the play to see

Review Round Up: Giant, Harold Pinter Theatre

Mark Rosenblatt's Olivier Award winning play transfers from the Royal Court Theatre to the West End. (C)Johan Persson Broadway World: ***** "Hytner enhances the hypnotic rhythm of the script by orchestrating his cast to perfection. No pause is too long, no comeback is too quick. However, where the first act is a pressure cooker of…