David Walliams

David Walliams reimagines the classic fairytale post-wedding, replete with a self-centred Prince Charming (played by Walliams himself), meddling wicked stepmother (Celia Imrie) and bumbling king (Tom Courtenay). The tropes are gently upturned with raps and gags in this panto-fuelled hour.

Review: The Boy in the Dress

Magical, endearing and irresistible.

Review: The Boy in the Dress, Royal Shakespeare Theatre

It is fun, sparkly, and with a meaning thrown in, I'm sure the production will do very well indeed.

Walliams smashes personal best as The Beast reigns

David Walliams' The Beast of Buckingham Palace (HarperCollins) has racked up record single-week sales for the author, selling 130,073 copies for £886,333.

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

A wonderfully warm-hearted and well-cast show.

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.