David Walliams

The Boy in the Dress divides opinion at RSC - review

This is a Marmite sort of show and while there was much wild whooping and frantic applause, there were also some folded arms and stony faces.

The Boy in the Dress review

Bright performances, but a disappointing score.

Review: The Boy in the Dress

If you wanted to criticise, you could argue that The Boy in the Dress is not as subtle as the RSC's last musical hit Matilda. But then Matilda didn't have a farting dog. This show is just as much a hit, an exhilarating assertion of the goodness in people and their capacity for acceptance of difference, at a time when we very much need that sentiment to be shouted and sung from the rooftops.

The Boy in the Dress musical: behind the scenes

When playwright Mark Ravenhill read David Walliams' much-loved 2008 children's book, The Boy in the Dress, there was a line in it that felt like an invitation: when Dennis, the 12-year-old hero, tries on his friend Lisa's sparkly orange dress for the first time, "he felt so happy he wanted to dance... for a moment they were in their own crazy little musical."

Miranda Hart quits production company she co-founded

Ms Hart's exit from King Bert Productions marks an end not only to her commercial partnership with David Walliams, but also perhaps their once-close friendship.

David Walliams & Robbie Williams collaborate on musical

Two of the UK's biggest stars, Robbie Williams and David Walliams, are behind the Royal Shakespeare Company's new musical, The Boy in the Dress.

The show has been adapted from the novel by Mr Walliams, with songs co-written and co-composed by Mr Williams. It tells the story of the issues that arise for a 12-year-old boy called Dennis, who is his school football team's best striker and wants to wear a dress.

BBC arts editor Will Gompertz spoke to them and to the RSC's artistic director Gregory Doran.

David Walliams on The Boy In The Dress

During rehearsals, David Walliams spoke about his inspiration for The Boy in the Dress.

Little Britain's Brexit special was hardly comedy gold

"The country is now closed. Please don't call again. We're perfectly happy, sitting here in our own excrement until the end of time. Good bile." That wasn't funny either but least the writers were being honest.

Little Brexit, Radio 4, review

This one-off special is an exercise in nostalgia.