Chocs Away T
he mysterious confectioner Willy Wonka is opening his chocolate factory again and thanks to Academy Award-winner Sam
Mendes you’re all invited. Opening at the T eatre Royal Drury Lane on 25th June 2013, Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is being given the musical treatment – and it is expected to be like nothing you’ve seen
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before. “What I really want people to say is ‘Look,
you think you’ve seen or read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but you haven’t seen it until you’ve seen this show’,” says director Sam Mendes. “T ere are certain things in it that you have to see that are special to this show, and that you’ll never see again.” In addition to ingenious stagecraft, Roald
Grab your golden tickets as the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical premieres in London this summer. Director Sam Mendes and cast member Paul J Medford chat to Hayley Leaver
Dahl’s 1964 children’s book about Charlie Bucket’s encounter with Willy Wonka is brought to life with set and costume designs by Mark T ompson and choreography by Peter Darling. As fans may remember, the story follows Charlie and four other lucky golden ticket winners as they enter the weird and wonderful sugary corridors of the Wonka Chocolate Factory.
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