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THE PHOENIX THEATRE FOR CHILDREN TO PRESENT THE BFG

Now in its 15th season, the Phoenix Theatre for Children provides Columbus with quality, family-friendly, live entertainment and is proud to begin 2008 with the Columbus debut presentation of The BFG. Written by Roald Dahl, who also penned James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Matilda, The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) is a remarkable story of two misfits – an orphan child and a giant - and their extraordinary adventure brimming with breathtaking action, white-knuckle suspense, and side-splitting comedy.

In order to conquer the challenge of staging a giant, actors will employ puppetry to visually maintain the size ratio of child to giant. When the actress playing the orphan child is on stage, the giant will be represented by a large, colorful mask. When the actor playing the giant is on stage, the actress portraying the child will use an identically-dressed puppet likeness to represent herself and the giant will speak directly to the puppet rather than to the actress.

The BFG will run January 18-27 at the Capitol Theatre ( 77 S. High St.). Show times are Fridays at 7:30pm, Saturdays at 2:30pm, and Sundays at 2:30pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children and can be purchased at the Ohio Theatre Ticket Office ( 39 E. State St.), all Ticketmaster outlets, and at www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase tickets by phone, please call (614) 431-3600 or (614) 469-0939. The Capitol Theatre Ticket Office will open two hours prior to each performance.