What's On | The Smartest Giant in Town
Artwork for The Smartest Giant in Town: In front of a red brick wall are two large legs wearing black laced shoes. Surrounding are tiny friendly animals: a family of mice, a well-dressed fox, a bird, a butterfly, and a goat. Text reads: A FIERYLIGHT & LITTLE ANGEL THEATRE CO-PRODUCTION The Smartest Giant in Town. LIVE ON STAGE! Five star review: 'Gorgeous-looking and super-fun' - Time Out. '1 musical adaptation of the bestselling book by JULIA DONALDSON & AXEL SCHEFFLER' © Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler 2002 - Macmillan Children's Books
Production photo from The Smartest Giant in Town: George the giant, a man with a large costume head, wears a crown and a scruffy undergarment. He has his arms happily outstretched. His puppet friends (a giraffe, a goat, a mouse, and a dog) are all smiling over his shoulder.
Production photo from The Smartest Giant in Town: George the giant, a man with a large costume head, walks gleefully out of a clothing store. A sign behind him reads: ‘New! Giant Sizes’. He is dressed in new clothes including a smart shirt, stripy tie, belt and trousers.
Production photo from The Smartest Giant in Town: On stage, a puppeteer holds a well-dressed puppet mouse and dog as they sit atop a painted grassy hill.
Production photo from The Smartest Giant in Town: George the giant, a man with a large costume head, sits on a painted grassy hill wearing only a vest and boxer shorts. He looks pitiful as he crosses his arms to comfort himself from the cold. In the background are prop trees, and houses with lit windows. To his left a puppeteer points a puppet giraffe’s long neck towards the giant. There is another puppeteer in the background with a mouse puppet who watches from the distance.
Production photo from The Smartest Giant in Town: George the giant, a man with a large costume head, wears a crown and a scruffy undergarment. He is smiling with his hands on his hips. To his left are a range of animal puppets, a goat, giraffe mouse and dog. In the background are small, painted, houses and grassy hills.
Production photo from The Smartest Giant in Town: George the giant, a man with a large costume head, wears a crown and a scruffy undergarment. He cheers joyfully with his arms outstretched in the air. To his left is a puppet goat and giraffe with a puppeteer smiling behind. On the right, a puppet mouse and dog sit on small, painted, houses and grassy hills.

A Little Angel Theatre and Fierylight co-production

The Smartest Giant in Town

Based on the bestselling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

  • Show Information
  • Reviews

George wishes he wasn’t the scruffiest giant in town. So, when he sees a new shop selling giant-sized clothes, he decides it’s time for a new look: smart trousers, smart shirt, stripy tie, shiny shoes. Now he’s the smartest giant in town . . . until he bumps into some animals who desperately need his help – and his clothes! This heart-warming tale about friendship and helping those in need is brought to life in a musical, puppet-filled adventure, following on from Little Angel Theatre’s bestselling adaptations of Julia Donaldson’s picture books including Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book, The Singing Mermaid and The Everywhere Bear. 

★★★★
‘A joy’
Evening Standard

‘The whole show Just felt like a big warm hug’
Manchester Theatre

★★★★★
‘A family-pleasing belter – short, simple and utterly charming!’
London Theatre

★★★★
‘The puppetry is very charming’
Musical Theatre Review

★★★★
‘A delightful 45-minute musical’
Reviews Hub

★★★★
‘Sweet and engaging’
Sardines Magazine

★★★★
‘Absolutely lovely’
Time Out

★★★★

‘A joy’

Evening Standard

Map Venue MarkerNorthcott Theatre
Sat 08 Feb 2025 - Sun 09 Feb 2025
10:00 AM | 01:00 PM | 04:00 PM
£18.00
Family
Running time: 45 minutes, no interval
Ages 3+

Book Tickets

Book Tickets

Date
Time
Price
Accessibility
Book Now
Date
Saturday 8th Feb 2025
Time
10:00 AM
Price
£18.00
Accessibility
Book Tickets
Date
Saturday 8th Feb 2025
Time
01:00 PM
Price
£18.00
Accessibility
Book Tickets
Date
Saturday 8th Feb 2025
Time
04:00 PM
Price
£18.00
Accessibility
Book Tickets
Date
Sunday 9th Feb 2025
Time
10:00 AM
Price
£18.00
Accessibility
Book Tickets
Date
Sunday 9th Feb 2025
Time
01:00 PM
Price
£18.00
Accessibility
Book Tickets

You may also like:

Stage by Stage The Little Mermaid artwork. Underwater, in the ocean. A mermaid with long hair, green scales and a dark blue tail fin swims above a colourful coral reef. A sun set shines through the ocean surface.
The Little Mermaid
Thu 02 May 2024 - Sat 04 May 2024
Northcott Theatre
Take a look Book Tickets
Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book artwork. Illustrated. A light green grassy field, in front of forests and mountains. A castle sits in front of the mountain peaks. O the grassy field, (left to right) a green dragon, and orange frog sitting on a stack of books, a bear, a pirate, a knight in medieval armour and a parrot circle around a young boy wearing a red and white striped shirt and blue jeans sitting in a yellow chair with a repeating leaf and parrot pattern. Above, text reads (top to bottom): ‘A musical adaptation of the best-selling book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book.’ Below this text, a crocodile tears apart a book. Other books lie on the right side of the crocodile in the grass.
Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book
Fri 10 May 2024 - Sun 12 May 2024
Northcott Theatre
Take a look Book Tickets
Dragons and Mythical Beasts artwork – blue background. The head of a large, orange dragon with sharp teeth and long horns smiles down at a small phoenix. Gold calligraphy reads: ‘Dragons and mythical beasts’. The ‘s’ in the word ‘dragons’ snakes continues and wraps around the bottom of the word ‘dragons’ in the shape of a Chinese dragon.
Dragons & Mythical Beasts
Tue 28 May 2024 - Thu 30 May 2024
Exeter Northcott Theatre Exeter Northcott Theatre
Northcott Theatre
Take a look Book Tickets

Adopt
a seat

Adopt your very own seat at the Exeter Northcott and help secure a bright future for the theatre.

Find out more