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Some sweets. Earlier today.


Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory

A musical version of Roald Dahl�s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

Adults might see this musical fantasy as a grim fairy tale as Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) sorts out the honest from the two-faced children who are winners of a tour around his infamous confectionery factory. The naughty children learn their lessons in horrible ways: falling into a river of chocolate; blowing up like a blueberry and getting trapped inside a TV.

The Oompa-Loompas always come to the rescue and resuscitate, squeeze and massage back to life whilst singing a song. Charlie of course is the winner as he is the goody goody of all the kids on the tour.


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