Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Synopsis

A failing inventor rescues a rotting car which turns out to have magic powers. The family set out to liberate a country where children are banned - or is it all a dream?

Our Review:

21 October 2009

Seldom does a touring production fulfil the scale and spectacle of a night out in the West End. Thankfully, the stage adaptation of Bond writer Ian Fleming’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang soars with all the thrill and excitement of the theatre whilst capturing the Technicolor beauty of a rainy afternoon indoors with the original film.

After buying and restoring an old racing car, madcap inventor Caractacus Potts and his children, Jeremy and Jemima, embark on a daring mission to rescue their father and grandfather from the clutches of the villainous Vulgarians. Along the way, Potts meets and swoons over sweet factory heiress Truly Scrumptious and falls foul of the terrifying Child Catcher.

Our principal actors are excellent, without exception. Darren Bennett’s Caractacus Potts captures the role perfectly without resorting to unbridled zaniness whilst Katie Ray’s pitch perfect voice as Truly Scrumptious consistently betters the familiar recording. Local...

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Latest User Review

Jane Banks - 26 October 2009:

Chitty at the Kings Theatre Glasgow is, in the words of the song FANTABULOUS. From the opening scene you know you are about to see a quality production. It has everything, flying cars, dogs, children, the evil child catcher, the list goes on. The company were incredible, their dancing lively and energetic. The children playing Jeremy and Jemima were completely professional in the delivery of their songs and lines, charming children and very talented. Grandpa Potts, the two spies Boris & Goran and the leads Truly Scrumptious and Caractacus Potts were outstanding. The show has all the favourites from the film including Me Ole Bamboo, POSH, Truly Scrumptious, Toot Sweets and plenty more/ The Baron and Baroness played their part to perfection, funny, menacing and childlike. And lets hear it for the local children playing the sewer kids, well done them. The sets and scenery were wonderful, I really felt as though I was seeing the show in the West End (which I have done). I cannot recommend this performance enough and if you haven't already scene it do so right away....

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