Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 2002

4 Sept

Written By Toby Mansfield

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

london palladium 2002-05

Broadway 2005

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a musical based on the 1968 film version of Ian Fleming’s children’s book.

It follows the adventures of inventor Caractacus Potts, his beloved Truly Scrumptious, his father and his two children in the flying car of the title, as they outwit a child-hating Baron and Baroness and their Child-Catcher henchman.

It was the longest running show ever at the London Palladium, taking in over £70 million in its three and a half year run and famously featured the Chitty car, identified by Guinness World Records as the most-expensive stage prop - costing £750,000.

Cast included: Michael Ball, Emma Williams, Anton Rodgers, Brian Blessed, Nichola McAuliffe and Richard O'Brien

Broadway cast: Raúl Esparza, Erin Dilly, Philip Bosco, Marc Kudisch, Jan Maxwell, Ellen Marlow, Henry Hodges.

Director: Adrian Noble

Choreography & Staging: Gillian Lynne