Robert Jackman

Smart, funny and beautifully imagined: RSC’s The Boy in the Dress reviewed

Plus: Travis Alabanza is a natural performer so it's a shame Burgerz feels like a lecture rather than theatre

issue 07 December 2019

David Walliams is one of the biggest-selling children’s authors in the world (having shifted some 25 million copies in more than 50 languages). And he’s now become the first children’s novelist since Roald Dahl to have their book turned into a full-scale RSC musical extravaganza.

As fun as these big musicals might be, they aren’t something the RSC takes lightly.

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