Description

Nine year old Danny lives happily in a gypsy caravan with his father but his world is turned upside-down when he learns that his father poaches pheasants from the estate of the nasty, greedy Victor Hazell.

One night his father doesn’t return from a poaching run and Danny fears the worst. Danny sets off on a courageous journey to find his father and with a little help from the village soon finds himself masterminding the most incredible and exciting plot ever attempted against Victor Hazell.

David Wood’s ingenious adaptation…the rapture shown by Dad and Danny when they succeed is lovely to behold.” – The London Times

“As fine a piece of theatre for young people as one could hope to see… Moving, uplifting, funny and fast-moving… captures the spirit of Dahl’s work in a highly persuasive and heartwarming manner.” – Theatre-Wales.co.uk

Comission by the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, Danny The Champion of the World was first performed there for Christmas 2004-5. From September 2007 the Sherman Theatre production was toured by the Birmingham Stage Company, including a Christmas season at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London.”