Can you imagine going to see an all-singing/all-dancin’ show about… meat! Or vegetables or fruit come to that. I thought about this as I watched Channel 4’s The Sound of Musicals last week. They are staging Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London’s West End. From the book – which I think was actually a short story as I do recall reading it in school – to the first film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory starring Gene Wilder to the later 2005 Tim Burton/Johnny Depp film which reverted to the original title of the story, chocolate sells. I imagine this musical will do very well; I was filling up just watching a programme about it being made. When that glass elevator lifts Charlie and Wonka into the star-filled sky to the strains of Pure Imagination I defy anyone to keep their eyes dry! Read More→