As perhaps the most sugar-filled delight of London’s West End, the reasonably new production of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory has recently announced that it will continue to run at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane until November 2014. The extension to this mouth-watering musical will come as great news to many theatregoers who will have even more chance to see this production of one of Roald Dahl’s greatest tales.
Sam Mendes’s production of the Willy Wonka classic has been running at the Theatre Royal since May 2013. It tells the tale of a young boy, Charlie Bucket, who discovers a golden ticket and consequently wins the chance to peek inside an ambiguous and intriguing chocolate factory along with a group of other children. Dahl’s much-loved tale, and now the musical too, is a delectable mix of spectacular visuals and comical moments of the other owners of the hugely sought after golden tickets meeting a sticky end, leaving Charlie as the winner.
The production has now welcomed almost 300,000 audience members and the extension of the run now means that there are now 400,000 more golden tickets available for the hit production. Full of Oompa-Loompas, dancing squirrels and mouth-watering treats, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory has delighted many audiences and will continue to do so in this slick and delicious take of the tale, and retaining Dahl’s magic touches and wicked humour.
The show has since released an official cast album featuring each of the musical’s tracks, from Must Be Believed To Be Seen to Pure Imagination, allowing audiences to take home the sounds of Wonka’s fantastical world of delights. This features the show’s stars such as Olivier Award winner Douglas Hodge as the mysterious chocolate factory owner, Nigel Planer, Clive Carter, Jasna Ivir, Paul J Medford, Iris Roberts, Billy Boyle, Alex Clatworthy, Roni Page, Myra Sands and Jack Shalloo.