TV and stage star Charlie Brooks (EastEnders) is set to play The Childcatcher in the new touring production of West End hit Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
The tour kicks off at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton on 30 April 2024 and then travels the UK – see all tour dates here.
As already announced, Elaine C. Smith (Rab C. Nesbitt, Naked Video) will play the The Childcatcher on the Scottish dates of the tour, in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Inverness; and Charlie Brooks will play The Childcatcher at all other dates until 29 September 2024, with further casting for the role to be announced.
Also in the cast are Olivier-nominee Adam Garcia (The Masked Singer, 42nd Street, Saturday Night Fever, Wicked), who is playing Caractacus Potts in the show until 20 October 2024; and Emmerdale star Liam Fox as Grandpa Potts.
They will be joined by Ellie Nunn (Gatsy, Shakespeare in Love) as Truly Scrumptious, with Martin Callaghan as the Baron/Sid, Jenny Gayner as the Baroness/Violet, Adam Stafford as Boris, Michael Joseph as Goran, and John Macaulay as the Toymaker.
The cast also includes Charlie Bishop, Ruaraidh Blackwood, Hadrian Delacey, Belle Kizzy Green, Tia Gyngell, Kirsty Ingram, Bibi Jay, Isabella Mason, Joe Press, Theo UK Rose, Molly Rees Howe, Callum Train and Luke Woollaston.
The children’s roles of Jeremy and Jemima Potts are shared by Gracie Cochrane, Ayrton English, Isla Ithier, Isabella Manning, Charlie McGuire, Jasmine Nyenya, Roshan Thomson and Louis Wilkins.
Charlie Brooks is best known for playing Janine in BBC’s EastEnders. Her other TV credits include BBC’s Bleak House, ITV’s Wired, and Channel 5’s crime thriller Lie With Me. New TV projects include ITV’s Broken News written by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Stranger Things: The First Shadow). Her theatre credits include playing Ursula in the National Theatre’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane, All in a Row at the Southwark Playhouse, Monogamy at the Park Theatre, Beautiful Thing at the Arts Theatre, and Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire at Curve, Leicester.
Based on Ian Fleming’s timeless story for children and later made into the famous 1968 film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang features the unforgettable songs by the Sherman Brothers including Toot Sweets, Hushabye Mountain, Truly Scrumptious and the Academy Award-nominated title song, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
This new production is directed by Thom Southerland (Titanic, Parade) and choreographed by Karen Bruce (Strictly Come Dancing, The Bodyguard), with Set and Costume design by Morgan Large (Newsies, Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat), Lighting design by Ben Cracknell, Sound design by Gareth Tucker, Musical Supervision by George Dyer (The Wizard of Oz, Annie, Billy Elliot) and casting by Debbie O’Brien.
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