It's all stick and no lollipop, a chocolate box stuffed with nothing but empty wrappers: what a walloping letdown this intensely anticipated musical based on Roald Dahl's perennially popular…
Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has gone through various transformations, but the glorious new musical at Drury Lane has something crucial over the two fine film versions: a r…
Drama has never been central to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Roald Dahl's story and the two so-so movie versions used vivid prose or super-saturated-color visuals to disguise the lac…
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London Reviews roundup: what the other papers thought In pictures: behind the scenes at Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Interview: Director Sam Mendes talks to E…
The world-premiere musical version of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, featuring a score by Tony Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, officially opened …
London--If you're a chocoholic like me, you're hoping Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will be as delectable as...
Douglas Hodge stars as Willy Wonka in the brand-new production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London. Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, the st…
Douglas Hodge stars as Willy Wonka in the brand-new production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London. Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, the st…
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, LondonChocs away! At last, we get to see the much touted stage musical based on Roald Dahl's children's classic. Although there's been much talk of the technical c…
Who, in their right mind, would choose to be an Oompa-Loompa? They are, after all, effectively a sweet-toothed slave-labour force. Still, they are full of vim, ingeniously created (a hectic …
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has extended its booking period to May 31 next year. The musical, which opens officially at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane this week, was originally booking u…
Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes will treat audiences to a musical feast when his new stage version of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory opens in the West End tonight.
The world premiere of a new musical version of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, featuring a score by Tony Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, take…
The world premiere of a new musical version of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, featuring a score by Tony Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, took…
Opening Tuesday Charlie and the Chocolate Factory25 June 2013(Previews from 22 May)Douglas Hodge stars as Willy Wonka in Sam Mendes' production of this new musical based on Roald D…
Peep behind the scenes at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane where the cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are getting ready for another show before this week's opening night
Previous adaptations lacked the bite that Roald Dahl put into his writing. Will this new version catch Dahl at his bleakest " and best?So Charlie, Willy Wonka, Violet Beauregarde, Mike Teave…
He wrote one play that offended Syria, and another about mass shootings. So how did David Greig get the job of making Charlie and the Chocolate Factory into a fun-filled feelgood musical?The…
With a starry cast and Sam Mendes as director, anticipation is high for new musical Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Before it opens at London's Theatre Royal on 18 June, we ha…
Performances for the West End world premiere of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory began May 22 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, prior to an official opening June 25.
Performances for the West End world premiere of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory began May 22 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, prior to an official opening June 25.
Creators of the new West End stage version of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory have given their first glimpse of the production.
The world premiere stage production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has released the first picture of the Oompa Loompas on stage.
Why should Charlie & co. have all the fun? Indulge yourself in a trip to Willy Wonka’s wondrous and weird chocolate factory courtesy of photographer Helen Maybanks. In these first …