This summer, The World of Walliams’ Audio Elevenses returned!
This campaign has now ended – but keep your eyes peeled on our channels for any further updates on fun activities and initiatives you can get involved in!
Audio Elevenses
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The Beast of Buckingham Palace launch at The Tower of London!
Watch the best bits from the launch event for The Beast of Buckingham Palace!
Meet young Prince Alfred from The Beast of Buckingham Palace!
Vote for World’s Worst Children 3!
Activities for SUMMER!
Read an Exclusive Extract of Each Book for World Book Day
To celebrate World Book Day, why not share a story. Read one of these extracts for 10 minutes, and choose your next Walliams Book…
Click on the titles at the bottom of the books to read the first chapter of each book!
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!
Have fun with Fing!
See if you can find all of the words hidden in the Fing-themed grid. Then, design your own monster for the Monsterpedia!
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 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:
Trailer for Billionaire Boy The Musical
Watch the trailer for Billionaire Boy The Musical.
Billionaire Boy at Nuffield Southampton Theatres
Did you see Billionaire Boy the musical at Nuffield Southampton Theatres? Wasn’t it INCREDIBLE?!
To the delight of fans, Billionaire Boy ran from November 2018 until January 2019, making it the perfect Christmas treat. The hilarious musical was recommended for ages 5 and up, so whole families could sit down to enjoy it together! Reviewers agreed, with The Stage calling it “a really strong, super-funny new musical with serious commercial gloss.”
What was it about?
Based on the bestselling book by David Walliams, Billionaire Boy follows overnight success Len Spud and his son Joe.
Mr Spud spends, spends, spends on fast cars, 100-inch TVs, and lavish gifts for his glamorous new girlfriend, Sapphire Stone, so Joe is left to fend for himself.
In the unforgiving world of the school playground, things get more complicated as Joe navigates an assault course of school bullies and dangerously inedible canteen food.
I missed out!
Don’t worry! You can catch up with some great videos, instead! Watch rehearsals at the Nuffield Southampton Theatres here:
Then watch David join the Billionaire Boy cast live on stage!
David at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Watch David Walliams’ fantastically funny event at 2018’s Edinburgh International Book Festival. Guaranteed to brighten up your week! #Walliams10
Midnight Gang at Chichester Festival Theatre
In 2018, Chichester Festival Theatre hosted a brilliant performance of The Midnight Gang, based on David Walliams’ best-selling book! David was so delighted by it that he popped in to join the gang for a read-through of their performance.
