The fantasmagorical stage musical CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG flies back to London

The most fantasmagorical stage musical in the history of everything, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, flies triumphantly back to London at New Wimbledon Theatre for three glorious weeks

Following four magical years at the London Palladium, major tours throughout the UK and USA as well as a long running sell out run in Singapore, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is now back and set to enchant adults and children alike all over again.

This truly scrumptious show is an amazingly exciting spectacle with a cast and crew of over 100, a live orchestra, fabulous sets including, of course, the iconic flying car plus lots of children and 11 dogs! Stage entertainment of breathtaking proportions, the show is scenically the biggest production ever to be staged at New Wimbledon Theatre. The show also boasts the most expensive stage prop known to musical theatre; the incredibly beautiful, fine four fendered flying car.

Despite wanting to bring the much loved 1968 film to the stage for years, it was not until 2002 that the producers were confident that the technology existed to successfully fly a tonne and a half of machinery live on stage with actors and a dog on board. The fabulous flying car, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, is without doubt an amazing and very real part of the show that miraculously flies through the skies and sails the seas.

The cast are a mixture of top quality West End professionals with musical favourite Darren Bennett as the inventor father Caractacus Potts, and beautiful Rachel Stanley as Truly Scrumptious. They are joined by a tremendous cast of singers and dancers and the huge musical numbers are spectacularly staged.

Bursting with so many magical numbers including Truly Scrumptious, Hushabye Mountain, Me Ol’ Bamboo, The Roses of Success and, of course, everyone’s favourite sing along song Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the show is a glorious fun filled ride and a perfect Easter treat that the whole family will find truly fantasmagorical.

Facts and Figures
The Chitty car has been newly and specifically built for the 2009/10 tour
Chitty herself cost ¾ of a million pounds!
The Chitty car is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most expensive stage prop ever.
It took two companies 9 months to organise and design the mechanism for Chitty’s flying sequences.
It takes no less than 12 45ft trucks to move the show around the UK
The show carries over £500,000 worth of costumes.
It takes 100 people to move the show from venue to venue and have the set rebuilt in each new theatre.
There are 30 cast members, 46 children, 14 live musicians, 30 show technicians, 11 dogs and one flying car required for each single performance.
The stunning score, made famous by the movie, and supplemented with new songs written especially for the live production, has been fully re-orchestrated for the new tour.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Tues 16 March – Sat 3 April 2010
Mon – Sat eves 7.30pm. Thurs & Sat matinees 2.30pm
Tickets from £20.50
Box Office 0844 871 7646
Group Booking 0844 871 7696
Online booking www.ambassadortickets.com/wimbledon

One Response to “The fantasmagorical stage musical CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG flies back to London”

1. helen claire hooper says:

   March 23, 2010 at 4:24 pm

   my favourite show is chitty chitty bang can you show me the videos of the london show please i’m from luton its a great show and i’m a big fan of micheal and i want to meet him as well the show is spectacular and amazing

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