Roald Dahl News

HAVING played the Big Friendly Giant more than 1,600 times over the last 19 years - and with a one-man Roald Dahl show to his name - actor Anthony Pedley has become something of an expert on the children's author.

Free children's play at Wright College Stage Wright and the children's theater class at Wright College will present a free stage production of "James and the Giant Peach" from 12:30-1 p.m. Wednesday and July 9 in the college's Events Building Theater.

THE ARTIST: Although she has always dabbled in art projects - watercolors, quilts, beadwork and more - Lewis didn't start sculpting figurative ceramics until she took a workshop on a whim four years ago in Santa Fe, N.M. 'Halfway through I thought, 'Oh my gosh, I think my piece actually looks like a person.'' The artist retired this spring after ...

Michelle Walker remembers her love of musical theater beginning with childhood performances at her church.

WITH marauding rhinoceroses, huge flying fruit and marvellous chocolate manufacturing machinery to contend with, bringing a Roald Dahl double-header to the stage seemed like a tall order.

Here are ten things you can do today. 1 The Bees Knees, acoustic variety, Nether Edge Club, Moncrieffe Rd, 8.30pm. 2 Cool Britannia, eclectic mix of tunes, The Washington, 9pm, free.

Aylesbury town centre is set to come to a standstill on Saturday July 4 when the town celebrates the work of legendary children's author Roald Dahl.

Indianapolis Civic Theatre's educational youth program, Jr. Civic, presents Roald Dahl's "Willy Wonka Jr." playing evenings June 19 and 20 and weekdays June 22-24. Show times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

Sign up and win Tickets for the up coming show with the Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild - Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka.

On Friday and Saturday nights, Emily eloquently and animatedly played the Narrator for a local production of Roald Dahl's James and Giant Peach .

Posted by Carey Jones , June 11, 2009 at 8:15 PM The Houston Press put together a slideshow of twenty foods from TV, movies, and literature that they wish really existed.

IN Roald Dahl's story The BFG, little orphan Sophie is snatched from her bed in the middle of the night by a monster and taken to the land of giants.

A STAGE show retelling of a Roald Dahl classic comes to Sheffield next week. The BFG tells the story of little orphan Sophie, who is snatched from her bed in the dead of night by the eponymous giant.

WE'VE just left the bitumen behind on our way to Lake Mungo when the outback and Roald Dahl collide with full force.

Here's Roald Dahl's impassioned plea to get your kids immunized. I live in East London, where we have live measles afflicting otherwise healthy kids who could have been vaccinated against them, but whose parents have been duped by a falsified claim that vaccinations are linked to autism .

FINDING something to do with the little treasures during the half-term school holidays is the unenviable task of every parent.

The South Arkansas Arts Center's theater committee has announced their selection of plays for the 2009 theatre season, according to Darrin Riley at the arts center.

Sullivan Valaer plays Willy Wonka and Josh Warren is Charlie. in the Christian Youth Theater's 'Willy Wonka - The Musical' at Mt.

You know of the best-selling books "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Matilda," "The BFG" and more, but do you know much about the author? I didn't, so if you're a fan of all his wacky stories, then read "D is for Dahl." Polaneczky: Book explores Dahl The Kid Reader Story updated at 1:07 pm on 5/23/2009 "D is for Dahl: A Gloriumptious A-Z Guide ...

THE STARS of this week's show at Devonshire Park Theatre a ' Cheryl Baker and Sue Hodge a ' stepped in to judge the Bone Idol corgi auditions at the Devonshire Park Theatre this week.