Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
From: Tuesday, 19th March 2002
To: Sunday, 4 September 2005
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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:
8 December 2004
There's something both shameless and sensational about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang that makes resistance ultimately futile. Though I wasn't entirely swept away when I first saw it on opening night in 2002, two and a half years later I am now surrendering to its frequently overblown, occasionally mechanical, charms.
For make no mistake: in an age of musical downsizing, this show delivers big in every department. Sure, it's all laid out in front of you so literally that it leaves little scope for the audience to activate its own imagination - but then why does it need to work when so much work is being done for you?
Here, you both get what you see and see what you get: between an adult cast of 40+ actors, plus a rotating kids' ensemble of 17, a robust-sounding orchestra of 20, and even a teaming pack of dogs, every nook and cranny of the vast stage and pit of the London Palladium are entirely filled, with the action even extending beyond the footlights as...
Latest User Review
128.240.229.67) - 14 December 2005:
I watched the touring version of this hit west end musical and throughly enjoyed the experience. Children sat spellbound by the magic generated by this production and all clapped during the song Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and enthusically booed the Child Catcher. Not only the children enjoyed the show many seniors sang along during the final rendition of the title song. The sets were of the highest order for a touring production and the cast very professional. Whether I was just recapturing my innocent childhood days or not I really did enjoy this show, don't miss it, re-activate the child inside us all...
Cast
Jason Donovan (Caractacus Potts)
Scarlett Strallen (Truly Scrumptious)
Tony Adams (Grandpa Potts)
Christopher Biggins (Baron Bomburst)
Louise Gold (Baroness Bomburst)
Alvin Stardust (Child Catcher)
Freddie Lees (Toymaker)
Ray C Davis (Coggins/Inventor)
Christopher Ryan (Goran)
Richard Long (Boris)
David Henry (Lord Scrumptious/Captain)
Joe Ashman (Jeremy Potts)
Richard Smith (Jeremy Potts)
Patrick Harper (Jeremy Potts)
Georgia Grant (Jemima Potts)
Natasha Jules Bernard (Jemima Potts)
Kirsty Downing (Jemima Potts)
Graham Hoadly (Commentator/Phillips)
Jaymz Denning (Sid/Inventor)
Catie Marie Entwistle (Violet)
Cliff Brayshaw (Turkey Former/Inventor)
Ben Stock (Inventor)
Nigel Garton (Inventor)
Adam Bracegirdle)
Stephanie Bron
Michael Broughton
Ray C Davis
Ross Dawes
Katiejane Derbyshire
Emma Dodd
Adrian Edmeades
Catie Marie Entwistle
Ross Fountain
Aaron Francis
Nigel Garton
Madeleine Harland
Simon Harvey
Robert Kramer
Sarah Meade
Caroline Miller
Grant Neal
Hayley Reed
Joe Ryan
Ben Stock
Summer Strallen
Robert Traynor
Lisa Walker
Justin Barley (Swing)
Leo Bidwell (Swing)
Chadd Garvie (Swing)
Samuel Hall (Swing)
Tim Harwood (Swing)
Saskia Lockey (Swing)
Claire Morland (Swing)
Creative
Ian Fleming (Book)
Richard M Sherman (Music)
Robert B Sherman (Music)
Richard M Sherman (Lyrics)
Robert B Sherman (Lyrics)
Barbara Broccoli (Eon Productions) (Producer)
Michael G Wilson (Eon Productions) (Producer)
Frederick Zollo (for Chitty (UK) Ltd) (Producer)
Nicholas Paleologos (for Chitty (UK) Ltd) (Producer)
Jeff Sine (for Chitty (UK) Ltd) (Producer)
Michael Rose (for Chitty (UK) Ltd) (Producer)
Jeremy Sams (Adaptation)
Adrian Noble (Director)
Anthony Ward (Design)
Gillian Lynne (Choreographer)
Mark Henderson (Lighting)
Andrew Bruce (Sound)
Chris Walker (orchestations and dance arrangements) (Other)
Robert Scott (music) (Director)
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