2026 UK tour announced for Roald Dahl's THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE THE MUSICAL
The Roald Dahl Story Company has announced a huge 2026 UK tour of their wickedly funny family musical based on Roald Dahl’s THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE, bringing this beloved story to audiences all around the country.
The tour will open at Theatre Royal Brighton on 27 March 2026 before visiting Kingston, Aylesbury, Poole, Newcastle, Cardiff, Shrewsbury, York, Nottingham, Bristol, Bradford and Glasgow, with further venues and casting to be announced.
Previous hit seasons at Leeds Playhouse in 2023 and Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in 2024 were met with critical and audience acclaim, and this 2026 tour follows the previously announced 2025 UK runs at Theatre Royal Windsor (8 - 10 August 2025), Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre (15 August – 7 September 2025) and Lowry, Salford (10 December 2025 – 4 January 2026). THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE will also play US seasons at Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis (1 October - 23 November 2025) and Kirk Douglas Theatre, Los Angeles (5 December 2025 – 4 January 2026).
‘For my lunch today I would like… a nice juicy little child!’
The Enormous Crocodile is weaving his way through the jungle in search of delicious little fingers and squidgy podgy knees... Only the other jungle creatures can foil his secret plans and clever tricks, but they’re going to have to find a large amount of courage to stop this greedy brute.
This mischievous musical based on Roald Dahl’s snappy book has toe-tapping tunes by Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab, a rib-tickling book and lyrics by Suhayla El-Bushra, and additional music and lyrics by Tom Brady. Developed and directed by Emily Lim, it features a menagerie of puppets by co-director and puppetry designer Toby Olié, with set and costume design by Fly Davis, puppetry co-designed and supervised by Daisy Beattie, casting by Annelie Powell, choreography by Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu, lighting by Jessica Hung Han Yun and sound by Tom Gibbons.