'I don't pretend to be an expert in children's literature - but I was enchanted by the RSC’s take on Roald Dahl's The BFG'

'I don't pretend to be an expert in children's literature - but I was enchanted by the RSC’s take on Roald Dahl's The BFG'

I don’t claim to be an expert on children’s literature - a market populated with the success of such authors as Michael Morpurgo, David Walliams, and Jacqueline Wilson - nor do I claim to have any real insight into the works of Roald Dahl. But the current production of Big Friendly Giant at the RSC is an enchanting spectacle – a combination of puppetry, drama, and the wizardry of stagecraft. Along with set design, the enhanced lighting, and soun…