David Walliams' Gangsta Granny coming to Wolverhampton

TV star David Walliams has forged a second career as the UK’s best-selling author for children. And one of his creations, Gangsta Granny, will be brought to life on stage at Wolverhampton’s Grand during a run of shows from Wednesday to March 26.

Grand spokesman Scott Bird says: “It’s Friday night and Ben knows that means only one thing – staying with Granny.

“There will be cabbage soup, cabbage pie and cabbage cake and Ben knows one thing for sure – it’s going to be sooooooooo boring.

“But what Ben doesn’t know is that Granny has a secret – and Friday nights are about to get more exciting than he could ever imagine, as he embarks on the adventure of a lifetime with his very own Gangsta Granny.”

The show has been created by the acclaimed producers of Horrible Histories and has proved a hit.

David is delighted that his book has transferred successfully to the stage.

He says: “Gangsta Granny started off as a book which, incidentally, is written by myself. It’s the story of a little boy called Ben, who thinks his granny is very, very boring and hates spending time with her... until she tells him that she was an international jewel thief, and they go on an adventure together to steal the crown jewels. There’s a mystery however as to whether she really was a jewel thief or not.

“It’s about old people, and the way young people think about old people, because I think young people think old people were always old and nothing exciting ever happened to them. Then I’d get them on a subject like the Second World War and talking about living in London through the Blitz, and suddenly they’d come alive.”