

Step into the world of George and the Secret Potion during the Roald Dahl Festival this Christmas holiday.
Roald Dahl has written many stories for children. They are funny, strange, unpredictable, and delightfully creepy — a joy to read! Full of imagination and extraordinary events, these stories are loved by young and old alike, and everyone has at some point read a book or seen a film adaptation.
The Roald Dahl Festival takes place on Sunday 28, Monday 29, and Tuesday 30 December. This year, the festival is themed around George and the Secret Potion.
Gooey Concoctions & Bubbling Experiments
Awful, unbearable, and terribly annoying. Welcome to the home of George and his dreadful grandmother! Boring, dull, dullest — that’s George’s grandmother. Until George tries out his crazy potion on her and everyone around him. Colossal chickens, a gigantic grandmother — it’s all just too much fun! Get hands-on with potions, baked treats, or craft something magical in the various workshops. Or let yourself be amazed by the fantastic films and performances. Scroll down for the full program.
The Waffle Filler
Come visit the Waffle Filler, the sweetest candy shop in the land! Munch on fluffy cotton candy and popcorn, nibble on giant gummies, and dive into the fudge fountain.
Wonkaland
During the Roald Dahl Festival, we transform Wonderland into Wonkaland!
Puff Hair Salon
Bright colors and fancy spikes, wild braids and fluffy locks. At Puff Hair Salon, you’ll get a truly fantastical hairstyle!
Make a Ghastly Beard (6+)
Come to the craft station and make your very own ghastly beard! Will yours be just as grossly ghastly as Mr. Ghastly’s?
Magical Enchanted Mirrors (AA)
What happens to you when you walk past our magical enchanted mirrors? Wow, look at that! Your body shrinks, stretches, and waves appear on your arms and legs
Potion Factory (6+)
Come and take a peek inside our very own Potion Factory! Gather your ingredients and, guided by our mysterious chemists, brew your very own bubbling, fizzing potion!
Gigantic Mushrooms (AA)
Be amazed, be astonished, and take a seat under these gigantic mushrooms! A real magical toadstool that’s grown just a little too big.
Shrinkie-Dinkie (6+)
Small, smaller, even smaller! Will you, just like George in George and the Secret Potion, make your grandma shrink? Here’s how it works: you draw your grandma on very special shrink film.
The Witches (9+)
A young boy uncovers a diabolical witch’s plot to turn all English children into mice.
VR Game: Monstrous Potions (8+)
Brew the glooiest, gooiest potions in the game Dungeon Brewmaster! You play as a magical bartender creating brews for all kinds of fantastical and monstrous guests. You play this game using a VR headset, making it feel like you’re really inside the magical brewery!
Make Magic Fluff (7+)
In this workshop, you’ll get hands-on with magical fluff. Using water, soap, and movement, you’ll layer by layer create a beautiful felted magic ball.
Big Friendly Giant Photos (8+)
Have you always wanted to be so tall that you tower above all the buildings in the city? Now’s your chance!
Delicious Treats
At the Roald Dahl Festival, you can watch live how the sweets are made. It’s well worth stopping to admire how much love and effort goes into each treat.
VR Game: Monstrous Potions (8+)
Brew the glooiest, gooiest potions in the game Dungeon Brewmaster! You play as a magical bartender creating brews for all kinds of fantastical and monstrous guests. You play this game using a VR headset, making it feel like you’re really inside the magical brewery!
Make Magic Fluff (7+)
In this workshop, you’ll get hands-on with magical fluff. Using water, soap, and movement, you’ll layer by layer create a beautiful felted magic ball.
Big Friendly Giant Photos (8+)
Have you always wanted to be so tall that you tower above all the buildings in the city? Now’s your chance!
Delicious Treats
At the Roald Dahl Festival, you can watch live how the sweets are made. It’s well worth stopping to admire how much love and effort goes into each treat.
Make Magic Fluff (7+)
In this workshop, you’ll get hands-on with magical fluff. Using water, soap, and movement, you’ll layer by layer create a beautiful felted magic ball.
Big Friendly Giant Photos (8+)
Have you always wanted to be so tall that you tower above all the buildings in the city? Now’s your chance!
VR Game: Monstrous Potions (8+)
Brew the glooiest, gooiest potions in the game Dungeon Brewmaster! You play as a magical bartender creating brews for all kinds of fantastical and monstrous guests. You play this game using a VR headset, making it feel like you’re really inside the magical brewery!
Shrink-and-print (4+)
Come visit the Smartlab and step into our magical, gooey “Shrink-and-Print” machine for kids! Using a scanner, you can create a digital 3D model of yourself. We then print it out with our 3D printer, and you get to take your very own tiny little figure home.
The Waffle Filler
Come visit the Waffle Filler, the sweetest candy shop in the land! Munch on fluffy cotton candy and popcorn, nibble on giant gummies, and dive into the fudge fountain.
Wonkaland
During the Roald Dahl Festival, we transform Wonderland into Wonkaland!
Puff Hair Salon
Bright colors and fancy spikes, wild braids and fluffy locks. At Puff Hair Salon, you’ll get a truly fantastical hairstyle!
Make a Ghastly Beard (6+)
Come to the craft station and make your very own ghastly beard! Will yours be just as grossly ghastly as Mr. Ghastly’s?
Magical Enchanted Mirrors (AA)
What happens to you when you walk past our magical enchanted mirrors? Wow, look at that! Your body shrinks, stretches, and waves appear on your arms and legs
Potion Factory (6+)
Come and take a peek inside our very own Potion Factory! Gather your ingredients and, guided by our mysterious chemists, brew your very own bubbling, fizzing potion!
Gigantic Mushrooms (AA)
Be amazed, be astonished, and take a seat under these gigantic mushrooms! A real magical toadstool that’s grown just a little too big.
VR Game: Monstrous Potions (8+)
Brew the glooiest, gooiest potions in the game Dungeon Brewmaster! You play as a magical bartender creating brews for all kinds of fantastical and monstrous guests. You play this game using a VR headset, making it feel like you’re really inside the magical brewery!
Paint Your Slimy Rascal Apron (6+)
To brew magic, of course you need a real wizard’s apron!
Colorful Chocolates (8+)
In this extraordinary workshop, young flavour-wizards will use spoons, jars, and a pinch of imagination to create their very own edible magic potion – delicious chocolate spell-spheres filled with tropical fruits, nuts, herbs, and natural colours.
Delicious Treats
At the Roald Dahl Festival, you can watch live how the sweets are made. It’s well worth stopping to admire how much love and effort goes into each treat.
VR Game: Monstrous Potions (8+)
Brew the glooiest, gooiest potions in the game Dungeon Brewmaster! You play as a magical bartender creating brews for all kinds of fantastical and monstrous guests. You play this game using a VR headset, making it feel like you’re really inside the magical brewery!
Paint Your Slimy Rascal Apron (6+)
To brew magic, of course you need a real wizard’s apron!
Colorful Chocolates (8+)
In this extraordinary workshop, young flavour-wizards will use spoons, jars, and a pinch of imagination to create their very own edible magic potion – delicious chocolate spell-spheres filled with tropical fruits, nuts, herbs, and natural colours.
Delicious Treats
At the Roald Dahl Festival, you can watch live how the sweets are made. It’s well worth stopping to admire how much love and effort goes into each treat.
Matilda (9+)
Danny DeVito’s adaptation of Matilda is quirky and charming, and although the film diverges from Roald Dahl’s original story, it still captures the spirit of the book.
Paint Your Slimy Rascal Apron (6+)
To brew magic, of course you need a real wizard’s apron!
Colorful Chocolates (8+)
In this extraordinary workshop, young flavour-wizards will use spoons, jars, and a pinch of imagination to create their very own edible magic potion – delicious chocolate spell-spheres filled with tropical fruits, nuts, herbs, and natural colours.
VR Game: Monstrous Potions (8+)
Brew the glooiest, gooiest potions in the game Dungeon Brewmaster! You play as a magical bartender creating brews for all kinds of fantastical and monstrous guests. You play this game using a VR headset, making it feel like you’re really inside the magical brewery!
Shrink-and-print (4+)
Come visit the Smartlab and step into our magical, gooey “Shrink-and-Print” machine for kids! Using a scanner, you can create a digital 3D model of yourself. We then print it out with our 3D printer, and you get to take your very own tiny little figure home.
The Waffle Filler
Come visit the Waffle Filler, the sweetest candy shop in the land! Munch on fluffy cotton candy and popcorn, nibble on giant gummies, and dive into the fudge fountain.
Wonkaland
During the Roald Dahl Festival, we transform Wonderland into Wonkaland!
Puff Hair Salon
Bright colors and fancy spikes, wild braids and fluffy locks. At Puff Hair Salon, you’ll get a truly fantastical hairstyle!
Make a Ghastly Beard (6+)
Come to the craft station and make your very own ghastly beard! Will yours be just as grossly ghastly as Mr. Ghastly’s?
Magical Enchanted Mirrors (AA)
What happens to you when you walk past our magical enchanted mirrors? Wow, look at that! Your body shrinks, stretches, and waves appear on your arms and legs
Potion Factory (6+)
Come and take a peek inside our very own Potion Factory! Gather your ingredients and, guided by our mysterious chemists, brew your very own bubbling, fizzing potion!
George’s Recipe Book (6+)
Invent a mysterious potion or another bizarre brew, and write, draw, paint, and stick it all down so you’ll never forget your recipe!
Gigantic Mushrooms (AA)
Be amazed, be astonished, and take a seat under these gigantic mushrooms! A real magical toadstool that’s grown just a little too big.
VR Game: Monstrous Potions (8+)
Brew the glooiest, gooiest potions in the game Dungeon Brewmaster! You play as a magical bartender creating brews for all kinds of fantastical and monstrous guests. You play this game using a VR headset, making it feel like you’re really inside the magical brewery!
Crafty Doodle Animation (7+)
Get creative with animation and make your very own magical film.
Tingly-Fresh Brews (6+)
Do you know what’s inside a super-foamy, sweet-smelling bottle of shampoo? Come find out — and make it yourself!
Delicious Treats
At the Roald Dahl Festival, you can watch live how the sweets are made. It’s well worth stopping to admire how much love and effort goes into each treat.
Mad Science show
During the Roald Dahl Festival, a truly spectacular show takes place. A performance full of exciting experiments, bubbling flasks, and smoking ice.
VR Game: Monstrous Potions (8+)
Brew the glooiest, gooiest potions in the game Dungeon Brewmaster! You play as a magical bartender creating brews for all kinds of fantastical and monstrous guests. You play this game using a VR headset, making it feel like you’re really inside the magical brewery!
Crafty Doodle Animation (7+)
Get creative with animation and make your very own magical film.
Tingly-Fresh Brews (6+)
Do you know what’s inside a super-foamy, sweet-smelling bottle of shampoo? Come find out — and make it yourself!
Delicious Treats
At the Roald Dahl Festival, you can watch live how the sweets are made. It’s well worth stopping to admire how much love and effort goes into each treat.
The Witches (9+)
A young boy uncovers a diabolical witch’s plot to turn all English children into mice.
Crafty Doodle Animation (7+)
Get creative with animation and make your very own magical film.
Tingly-Fresh Brews (6+)
Do you know what’s inside a super-foamy, sweet-smelling bottle of shampoo? Come find out — and make it yourself!
VR Game: Monstrous Potions (8+)
Brew the glooiest, gooiest potions in the game Dungeon Brewmaster! You play as a magical bartender creating brews for all kinds of fantastical and monstrous guests. You play this game using a VR headset, making it feel like you’re really inside the magical brewery!
These activities are part of the Roald Dahl Festival grounds. You can access the festival area with a Silver or Golden Festival Ticket.