Gigante Josep Maria Pou is Roald Dahl in the West End's award-winning play
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About the event
Josep Maria Pou plays Roald Dahl in Gigante (Giant), Mark Rosenblatt's play that won three Olivier Awards in 2025. In a single afternoon in 1983, the writer must choose between apologising for an antisemitic article and risking his reputation.
Key points
- 3 Olivier Awards 2025, including Best New Play
- Directed by Josep Maria Mestres
- Tickets from €13 to €33
What it is
Gigante (Giant) comes straight from London's West End, where it won three Olivier Awards in 2025, including Best New Play. Mark Rosenblatt's play, translated by José María Pou himself, is set in the summer of 1983: Roald Dahl, author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Witches, is going over the proofs of his latest book as the scandal grows over an antisemitic article he has just published. In a single afternoon at his home, faced with an unexpectedly combative visitor, he will have to choose between apologising and risking his fame. Inspired by real events and directed by Josep Maria Mestres, it explores with humour the line between reasoned opinion and the rhetoric of prejudice.
Getting there and tickets
The performance is on Saturday 19 December 2026 at 8 pm at the Gran Teatro de Córdoba, Avenida del Gran Capitán, 3. Tickets cost from €13 to €33 depending on the zone and are sold at entradas.teatrocordoba.es and at the municipal box offices. The cast, alongside Pou, includes Victòria Pagès, Pep Planas, Clàudia Benito, Aida Llop and Jep Barceló. It is programmed by the Instituto Municipal de Artes Escénicas de Córdoba (IMAE); tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded.
