Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

Welcome to the world of pure imagination with this tasty Broadway and West End musical based on the famous novel and hit movie.

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Based on the famous novel by Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory features an original score composed by Marc Shaiman with lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray) and a book by David Greig. The score also pays homage to the Leslie Bricusse/Anthony Newley score from the 1971 film with songs from the motion picture including "Candy Man," "I've Got a Golden Ticket," "Oompa Loompa Song," and "Pure Imagination."

The world-famous Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his mysterious factory…but only to a lucky few. Young Charlie Bucket and four other golden ticket winners will embark on a life-changing journey through Wonka’s world of pure imagination including chocolate waterfalls, nutty squirrels and the great glass elevator, all to be revealed by Wonka's army of curious Oompa-Loompas.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is your golden ticket to producing a crowd-pleasing, outrageous ensemble musical with plenty of delicious roles.

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Overture

The Candy Man

Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka

Charlie, You and I

A Letter from Charlie Bucket

More of Him to Love

When Veruca Says

The Queen of Pop

What Could Possibly Go Wrong

If Your Father Were Here

I've Got a Golden Ticket

It Must Be Believed to Be Seen

Strike That, Reverse It

Pure Imagination / Grandpa Joe (Reprise)

The Oompa Loompa Song / Auf Wiedersehen

When Willy Met Oompa

Veruca's Nutcracker Sweet

Vidiots

The View from Here

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By sharr154

September 07, 2022

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Does Charlie and the Chocolate Factory come with performance accompaniment score for schools that don’t have bands??

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By Amby

April 21, 2022

Availability in NZ

Hi,
Do you know if Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will be available for licensing in New Zealand in the near future?

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By Phil Simpson

March 22, 2022

Which song: 'What Could Possibly Go Wrong' or 'That Little Man of Mine'

Hi,

We have the perusal for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but just wondered if you can please confirm which song Mrs Teavee/Mike sing? In the script part it has 'What Could Possibly Go Wrong', and in the score party has 'That Little Man of Mine' from the US Tour. Please could you confirm which one is used in the current licenced show?

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Phil

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By Ruth Williams

December 30, 2021

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Related shows or resources: Performance Accompaniment Recording (Rehearsal Tracks Only), Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

Is there any rehearsal accompainment tracks avaialble for Charlie and the Choclate factory

Just wonderinf if this show comes with rehearsal tracks please or could they be made available for us to use?

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By Ruth Williams

December 30, 2021

Is this show available for school use in Australia?

We are a school in the ACT that does a musical every year and this one is perfect for what we need and just wanted to confirm that it is available to hire if we decide that this is what we want to do?

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By Khalil.nakaic@gmail.com

June 30, 2021

Will this show be coming out anytime soon?

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By Phil Simpson

February 13, 2021

Orchestration

Hi, it already is available for us in Australia - but we need to know what the orchestration is before we can consider it for our school.
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Phil

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By Phil Simpson

February 04, 2021