Here’s a sneak peek behind the scenes at the RSC’s brand new musical, The Boy in the Dress!
Tickets to see The Boy in the Dress musical this November are available now!
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BILLIONAIRE BOY LIVE ON STAGE
The hilarious story of Joe Spud and his search for a friend is coming to a theatre near you! See David Walliams’ Billionaire Boy live on stage – tickets available now!
Top 10 ‘World of David Walliams’ Villains!
Top 10 ‘The World of David Walliams’ Villains!
We #LoveAudio, don’t you?!
To celebrate how much, we’ve compiled a list of the top 10
‘World of David Walliams’ villains EVER and included some fantastic free audio clips of them for you to enjoy! How many of our top 10 do YOU agree with?
We’re kicking off with Mr Big, from Bad Dad. Listen to the dastardly description of him below!
But who do you think is worse, Mr Big… Or Aunt Alberta?! Aunt Alberta tries to force her niece to obey her using the DREADED stretching contraption, the Owl Rack. That really IS an Awful Auntie!
Does Ms Root from Demon Dentist make you shudder with fear? If you think you’re too tough to be scared, the clip below might change your mind…
The Professor from The Ice Monster is a subtler sort of villain, but that doesn’t make him any less scary! Or does it? Celebrate #LoveAudio by listening to the extract below!
Rosamund from Mr Stink is a schoolyard bully, nasty to the core! Have you ever met someone like her? Listen below to find out what makes her such a horrible girl!
You’ve probably met truly terrible people before, like the Grubb twins from Billionaire Boy – but hopefully you didn’t know them for long!
Sneaky Miss Swine from Grandpa’s Great Escape is a snake in the grass! Refresh your memory with this reading and remind yourself why…
Does Matron from The Midnight Gang fill you with dread? She makes us nervous enough to shake in our shoes! Show how much you #LoveAudio by listening to the clip below!
Brutal Burt from David Walliams’ Ratburger will be right up your alley!
The last baddie on our list is Mr Hawtrey, from The Boy in the Dress. Listen to what makes him such a nasty piece of work and celebrate #LoveAudio!
David visits his Britain’s Got Talent Golden Buzzer act Flakefleet Primary School!
On Friday 24 May, David Walliams paid a special visit to his Britain’s Got Talent Golden Buzzer act Flakefleet Primary School to drop off the very first copies of The World’s Worst Teachers!
Check out the highlights of the visit for an extra-special sneak peek at The World’s Worst Teachers!
The Slightly Annoying Elephant takes to the stage
What’s big, blue, bossy, and turns up uninvited?
A Slightly Annoying Elephant, of course!
David Walliams’ wonderful picture book has been brought to life with puppetry! The Little Angel Theatre production will run
Fri 10 May – Sun 4 August 2019 . See the theatre’s website for full details and to buy tickets!
The Ice Monster wins Children’s Fiction Book of the Year!
We are delighted to announce that David Walliams’ novel The Ice Monster is the Children’s Fiction Book of the Year! It was recognised at the British Book Awards, with other prizes going to authors including Michelle Obama and Sally Rooney. David accepted the award before inviting illustrator Tony Ross to join him on stage to share the moment. Judge Tina Gaisford-Waller, of Hunting Raven Books, described ‘The Ice Monster’ as “gloriously, snortily funny.”
The Ice Monster is a comedic adventure based on the unlikely friendship between a ten-year-old girl and a 10,000-year-old mammoth. A truly magical tale, The Ice Monster contains the incredibly important message that heroes come in all shapes and sizes.
The Boy in the Dress – Royal Shakespeare Theatre
David Walliams’ heart-warming comedy comes to the stage for the first time in a musical adapted by Mark Ravenhill. It will feature new songs from Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers and will be directed by Gregory Doran.
The World of David Walliams Post Box!
David Walliams has been honoured with a dedicated Royal Mail post box. He is pictured outside London’s Natural History Museum for its unveiling. The museum features in his book ‘The Ice Monster’.
The World of David Walliams post box is not the only unusual one at the moment! To mark World Book Day, Royal mail have decorated a total of four post boxes. The other authors, like David, are some of the most popular British children’s authors. They include C.S. Lewis, Judith Kerr and Frances Hodgson Burnett. The post boxes are adorned with lines from some of the writers’ most famous works. They will be transformed for one month from March 5th 2019.
Watch The Midnight Gang on BBC!
The BBC is producing a dramatic adaption of David Walliams’ novel, The Midnight Gang! The story follows Tom, who is hit on the head by a cricket ball. Tom subsequently finds himself on the children’s ward of horrible St Hugo’s Hospital… And a part of the midnight gang!
Watch The Midnight Gang trailer now:
Mammoth new children’s books announcements!
Walliams fans, you are in for a wonderful Walliams winter indeed! Today, David announced not one but TWO new children’s books…
THE ICE MONSTER (ILLUSTRATED NOVEL)
Leading the charge this winter is a mammoth of an adventure called The Ice Monster. It’s a must read for people who love Walliams other children’s books like The Midnight Gang and Gangsta Granny… So it’s a must read for everyone!
Here’s what David had to say about his new book:
“I’ve had a magnificent time writing this book. It is an adventure story set in London in 1899 with a cast including Queen Victoria, the Chelsea Pensioners and a Woolly Mammoth. I am thrilled to finally be sharing it with the world.”
Find out more and order your copy here!
GERONIMO (PICTURE BOOK)
Penguins can’t fly… or can they? In this delightfully topsy-turvy picture book by David Walliams and Tony Ross, baby Geronimo finds out if his wildest dreams can come true.
It’s a magical tale too cute for words, and will warm your heart all winter long.
Celebrate the RAF Centenary with Grandpa’s Great Escape!
This year is the ONE HUNDRED YEAR anniversary of the Royal Air Force, also known as the RAF! Celebrate by soaring up, up, and away on your own Spitfire adventures! Here’s how…
1) Check out these amazing photographs of David Walliams‘ own grandfather, taken in 1940 during his RAF days! Do you know anyone who was in the RAF? Ask them to share their stories with you!
2) Take the Spitfire Driving Test in The World of David Walliams Book of Stuff. Remember to drive in the centre of the road so you don’t knock the wings off!
3) Read Grandpa’s Great Escape to your own Grandpa!
4) Watch 100 aircraft fly over Buckingham Palace – if you’re in London, just look up around 1:00 p.m. (BST)! You can also catch it on TV.
5) Dress up like Grandpa! Here’s how to make your own Grandpa medals and moustache at home while you’re waiting for your official costume to arrive.
6) Visit a museum! Did you know that the Imperial War Museum featured in Grandpa’s Great Escape is a real place? If you are visiting London, England, you can go there to learn about real RAF pilots, dress up in uniform, and see the aircraft up close.
7) Buddy up and take turns talking about the most THRILLING moments from Grandpa’s Great Escape, or ask your teacher to print some of these free classroom activities for you to try at school!
Up, up and away…..!
The Great Big World of David Walliams Quiz
Have you spent your precious youth reading David Walliams’ books? Think you are the best Superfan of all the Superfans? Can you name all of the Walliams books where Raj makes an appearance?
Yes?
Then we have a challenge for you! A GREAT BIG challenge.
Sharpen your pencils and sharpen your wits and prepare for THE GREAT BIG WORLD OF DAVID WALLIAMS QUIZ!
TOP TIPS:
Download and print the quiz and host a quiz at your school!
For an extra challenge, use the questions to make a kahoot and invite fellow schools to play, too!
ANSWERS (for Competitive Colin, Mr. Big, Quiz Masters and teachers):
You can download the answers here, but don’t peek until you’ve given the quiz your best go!
David Walliams at Hay Festival 2018
Missed David at Hay this year? Never fear as we have front-row snaps from his appearance in conversation with the fabulous Gemma Cairney on 26 May, 2018. Continue reading David Walliams at Hay Festival 2018
Hay Festival welcomes David Walliams!
Hey, Hay Festival-goers! David Walliams will be taking to the stage this May in South Wales as he celebrates ten glorious years of publishing.
If you’re new to Hay Festival, it’s a fabulous event where writers, artists, academics, thinkers and performers entertain and inspire their audience to reimagine their world. Speaking to a packed audience, David Walliams will be sharing the stories behind the stories, talking about the inspiration for his best-loved characters, reading extracts from some of his favourite titles and answering questions from the audience.
He’s written quite a lot since his very first novel, The Boy in The Dress, so he’ll have no shortage of characters, plots and stories to talk about. So, there might be a mention of the characters from The World’s Worst Children series, a whiff of his inspiration for Mr Stink and perhaps a little something from his bestselling novel Bad Dad. You’ll have to wait and see!
The event is sold out, but watch this space for little snippets and photos from the event! And if you’re one of the lucky people with tickets, please drop us a line on Facebook and share your story, photos or videos from the festival.
More about the event:
This year’s Hay Festival will run from 24 May until 3 June in a beautiful tented village on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales (UK). David Walliams will be at the Hay Festival Tata Tent on Saturday 26 May 2018 at 10am.
For more information visit the Hay Festival website.
Gangsta Granny comes to London’s West End!
The award-winning production of David Walliams’ Gansgsta Granny comes to London’s West End.
Watch the trailer for the stage production now!
Closed: Perform ‘Walliams-in-10’ with Shakespeare Schools Foundation
UK teachers! Do we have an exciting announcement for you! We’ve teamed up with arts and education charity, Shakespeare Schools Foundation to bring you FREE CPD Literacy and Drama workshops focused on David Walliams’ bestselling books.
Over two days, you’ll be equipped with the necessary tools and techniques to create unique dramatic interpretations of a bestselling Walliams text that will excite and engage KS2 English and Drama classrooms.
Yes, we know, your students are already shuffling around the playground as Gangsta Granny and giggling uncontrollably as they re-enact Windy Mindy’s famous musical concert. We’re talking about organised chaos. Drama, storytelling, scriptwriting, and unforgettable performances they (and you!) will remember forever.
Further information can be found on www.shakespeareschools.org. Spaces are limited, so register speedy quick!
As if that wasn’t enough, HarperCollins Children’s Books is giving one lucky school the chance to win a David Walliams book bundle for their library – hand-delivered by David Walliams himself!
To win teachers who attend the workshops are invited to submit a ten-minute film of their class performing a popular David Walliams text. You can select any one of David’s popular stories to perform and should use the skills and resources gained from the CPD workshops to create a dramatic interpretation with your class.
Further details about will be provided at the CPD workshops, so REGISTER NOW!
Celebrating ten wonderful Walliams years!
Can you believe David Walliams has been writing books for a whole TEN YEARS?
That’s a very long time. Some of you reading this might not even be ten years old!
And it’s a lot of books.
David Walliams has actually sold over 23 million copies of all the books he’s written during that time! That’s more than the number of out-of-date products in Raj’s shop.
There’ll be lots going on throughout the year, so stayed tuned for more details. There might just be a helicopter tour involved, lots of school visits and even a Walliams Week.
But first, something so exciting you’ll be racing out to your nearest bookshop.
We have released extra-special gift editions of Mr Stink and Gangsta Granny in FULL COLOUR with gorgeous shiny covers and illustrations that no-one has ever seen before!
Imagine Gangsta Granny scaling a drainpipe in a wetsuit in full colour! Or Mr Stink bathing in a pond while the fish make their escape!
And once you’ve read those, there’ll be two more. Spectacularly special editions of Grandpa’s Great Escape and The Boy in the Dress will be published later in the year. It’s enough to make you wish you had four birthdays!
Start writing your list now of all the people you know would LOVE to receive a copy (and put your name at the top). You can get your hands on them now – but hurry, they won’t be around for long!
Find out more about the ten year anniversary editions here:
BAD DAD is the Christmas UK Number One!
WALLIAMS FANS, WE HAVE NEWS!! EPIC NEWS!
You know we told you that Christmas was going to be BIG for David Walliams? (He’s on TV twice this Christmas with his TV adaptations of Grandpa’s Great Escape and Ratburger.)
Well what we didn’t know then was that it was going to be EVEN BIGGER than that!
We’re excited to tell you. We’re even MORE EXCITED than excited. There isn’t a word for it. David Walliams will have to invent one.
We’re jumping up and doing a Raj-style dance! Because …
David Walliams’ latest novel, BAD DAD, has just been crowned the CHRISTMAS UK NUMBER ONE!
That means it’s the bestselling book in the whole of the UK this Christmas.
That’s A LOT of books. The UK is a pretty big place.
That’s a lot of people reading about fast-paced car chases, evil villains, and Frank and his dad.
That’s a lot of people being introduced to Fingers and Thumbs, Mr Big and Auntie Flip.
Thanks to everyone who has bought BAD DAD, read BAD DAD and told your friends about BAD DAD!
Grab your party hats. Grab your friends. Let’s celebrate!
Bad Dad an Editor’s Pick on Audible!
Want to hear what Gilbert REALLY sounds like? Keen to practise your funniest Mr Big voice? Or impersonate Fingers and Thumbs?
Hear David Walliams read Bad Dad aloud, complete with all the brilliant sound effects you’d expect from an action-packed book full of brilliant characters and a fast-paced plot.
The Bad Dad audiobook features in this week’s Editor’s Picks over on Audible. It’s perfect to listen to on long car journeys or at home on your Kindle Fire.
Listen to a free sample and download the Bad Dad audiobook here: http://amzn.to/2zi2mDx
Ratburger and Grandpa’s Great Escape on TV this Christmas
As if Christmas wasn’t exciting enough already, it’s just got a whole lot better! Not one but TWO of David Walliams’ books have been turned into TV programmes. You’ll be able to watch them this December. And even better still – David is starring in both!
You’ll remember Ratburger – the story of Zoe and her pet rat. David will be turning himself into the evil Burt from Burt’s Burgers, who wants to turn Zoe’s rat into ‘delicious’ rat burgers and eat them. We’ve seen clips from the screening and the transformation is incredible!
After you’ve watched that, you might not want to eat a burger for a while. Thankfully there are none in Grandpa’s Great Escape, which you’ll also want to tell your parents you’re ‘definitely-without-fail’ watching this Christmas.
In this one, David plays the role of Jack’s Dad, a role that may or may not involve slipper wearing. You’re in for a treat as Grandpa and his grandson Jack plan a daring escape from his care home Twilight Towers.
If that wasn’t enough, there’s more. RAJ IS BACK!
To watch Ratburger you’ll need to tune into Sky 1. For Grandpa’s Great Escape, channel surf your way to BBC One.
Grab the cushions, make yourself some popcorn and get comfortable on the sofa because this is going to be nothing short of BRILLIANT!
