Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - The Musical

Yesterday afternoon I had the most enjoyable visit to the theatre to see the most charming Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. What a show, one in a million and the car, wow it was very difficult to see how it actually flied on the stage. They pulled this one off magnificently, very impressed with the cars techniques. The car itself had to be the star of the show. I have some very fond memories as a child sat on my Dad's knee watching this film so I obviously had to have this in my DVD collection, I said i bought this for my kids but it was difinetly for me!! So when the show was coming to our home town I jumped at the chance to see this. The cast of the ...  Read the complete review

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is one of those wonderful family musical films that I grew up with and remember fondly from my childhood! It is such a lovely story and film that a while ago I bought the DVD for my daughters and they absolutely fell in love with it too! When I discovered that the touring production was coming to our local theatre - The New Victoria, Woking - I really wanted us to go and see it. However, looking into prices for reasonable seats I discovered that for the four of us to go, it would cost in excess of £120 which for only a couple of hours entertainment is very expensive. Therefore, I decided not to bother. That was until last week, when an email came ...  Read the complete review

“CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG” Birmingham Hippodrome, Bank Holiday Monday 28th August 2006 Based on the book by Ian Fleming with Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. Starring Gary Wilmot as Caractacus Potts Directed by Adrian Noble The much-loved film of Ian Flemings book transferred to the stage a few years ago and here we have the national tour starring Gary Wilmot as inventor Caractacus Potts. The story will be well remembered by those of us who saw the 1960s film, starring Dick Van Dyke, which was directed by Ken Hughes, but this stage version now has additional songs by the Sherman brothers. A ...  Read the complete review

As a Chitty virgin, never having seen even a movie adaptation of the story, I knew precious little about the story before going to see it last night at the Palace in Manchester where the touring production is currently showing. However I knew it had a special car in it and have seen an episode of Little Britain where they mock said car's flying abilities - "Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Do do do do do A musical based on a book by James Bond creator Ian Fleming Do do do do do You'll believe a car can fly Unless you're sitting in the stalls When you can clearly see it's a mechanical arm…" So, I was curious ...  Read the complete review

I've seen this show twice now, both times with the same original cast (Michael Ball, Emma Williams, Brian Blessed etc) but the second time with a different child-catcher (Paul O'Grady). The first time, I really didn't expect much at all. I was in London for another reason, and it was an excuse to see some amazing actors all together on stage. Well, I was blown away completely. When the overture struck up, and the audience started to clap insanely, I momentarily got worried - I don't like that kind of thing at all. I almost walked out of "Fame" when people started doing this at the end. But by the end of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", I was ...  Read the complete review