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Further Casting Announced
Joining Emmerdale Star Liam Fox as ‘Grandpa Potts’ will
be Ellie Nunn as ‘Truly Scrumptious’ in the new production of the most
fantasmagorical musical of all time - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Opening at Sunderland Empire April 2025
David Ian for Crossroads Live is
delighted to announce further casting for the new production of the most
fantasmagorical musical of all time, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang opening
at Sunderland Empire on Tuesday
22 April where it plays until Sunday 27
April 2025 as part of a UK tour.
Casting for the role of Caractacus Potts and The Childcatcher to be announced soon.
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Joining Emmerdale star Liam Fox as Grandpa
Potts and Ellie Nunn as Truly Scrumptious are Martin
Callaghan as Baron, Jenny Gayner as
Baroness, 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 roles of Jeremy and Jemima
Potts will be shared by Gracie Cochrane, Ayrton English,
Isla Ithier, Isabella Manning, Charlie McGuire, Jasmine Nyenya, Roshan
Thomson and Louis Wilkins.
Liam Fox
Liam Fox is
best known for playing the role of Dan Spencer in ITV’s Emmerdale, where he
featured in more than a thousand episodes. His many other TV credits include
Stephen Poliakoff’s Dancing on the Edge, Cold Feet, Coronation Street,
Hollyoaks, Clocking Off, A Touch of Frost, Always and Everyone, At Home with
the Braithwaites and Dinnerladies. His many theatre credits include The
Collector and Tuesday’s Class, both at The Lowry Studio and Iron at
Manchester’s Royal Exchange.
Ellie Nunn
Ellie Nunn’s many
theatre credits include Identical at Nottingham Playhouse, the UK tour of Posh,
Shakespeare in Love at the Noel Coward Theatre, Twelfth Night at Leicester
Square Theatre, The Game of Love and Chance and Daughter in Law, both at the
Arcola Theatre, Honk! at the Union Theatre and on tour and Gatsby at the Arts
Theatre.
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 will be directed by Thom Southerland (Titanic, Parade),
choreographed by Karen Bruce (BBC’s 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.
In Chitty Chitty Bang Bang we
meet absent-minded inventor Caractacus Potts who restores a broken-down old
racing car with the help of his children Jemima and Jeremy. Soon the family
discover the car has magical powers, and along with the delectable Truly
Scrumptious, the family end up on a hilarious fantastical adventure to far off
lands.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has
Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, Music by Special
Arrangement with Sony/ATV Publishing and is Adapted for the Stage by Jeremy
Sams. Based on the MGM Motion Picture the Licensed Script is adapted by Ray
Roderick. It was Originally produced by Eon Productions, Dana Broccoli,
Frederick Zollo, Nicholas Paleologos, Jeffrey Sine, Miriam Productions and
Michael Rose at The London Palladium.
This production is presented by permission of Music Theatre
International.
On the Web: www.chittyontour.com
Tickets:
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