David Ian for Crossroads Live has announced a new production of the “most fantasmagorical” musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is coming to Liverpool Empire Theatre between October 8 and 20, 2024. The musical opened at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton on April 30, 2024, ahead of a UK tour visiting 20 cities across the country.
The production is based on Ian Fleming’s iconic children’s tale and was later made into the 1968 film. And, of course, spectators can expect to hear the beloved songs by the Sherman Brothers including Toot Sweets, Hushabye Mountain, Truly Scrumptious and the Academy Award-nominated main banger, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang explores the absent-minded inventor Caractacus Potts who restores an old racing car assisted by his children Jemima and Jeremy. After the family finds out the car has magical powers, they embark on a light-hearted fantastical adventure to worlds far-far away.
Directed by Thom Southerland (Titanic, Parade), the production will bring together a world-class team of experienced creators: the choreography is perfected by Karen Bruce (BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, The Bodyguard), with Set and Costume design put together by Morgan Large (Newsies, Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat).
Orchestrations and Musical Supervision are mastered by George Dyer (The Wizard of Oz, Annie, Billy Elliot) and the art of the right casting is done by Debbie O’Brien. The music and lyrics were composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, and were adapted for the stage by Jeremy Sams.
The tickets are on sale, and you can get them on the musical’s website.
UK Tour dates
April 30 – May 12, 2024: Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
May 15 – 19, 2024: New Victoria Theatre, Woking
May 21 – 26, 2024: New Wimbledon Theatre
May 28 – June 2, 2024: Edinburgh Playhouse
June 3 – 8, 2024: Theatre Royal, Newcastle
June 11 – 15, 2024: His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen
June 25 – 30, 2024: Churchill Theatre, Bromley
July 2 – 7, 2024: Milton Keynes Theatre
July 23 – August 3, 2024: Grand Opera House, Belfast
August 6 – 11, 2024: Princess Theatre, Torquay
August 13 – 18, 2024: Venue Cymru, Llandudno
August 27 – September 8, 2024: Kings Theatre, Glasgow
September 10 – 15, 2024: Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
September 24 – 29, 2024: Theatre Royal, Norwich
October 1 – 6, 2024: New Theatre, Oxford
October 8 – 20, 2024: Empire Theatre, Liverpool
October 22 – 27, 2024: Regent Theatre, Stoke
November 4 – 9, 2024: Curve Theatre, Leicester
November 19 – 24, 2024: Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
November 26 – December 1, 2024: Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth