00:00 The show is wonderful for everyone. There is something in it for everyone, whether it be your
00:05 first time at the theatre or, like I said earlier, about whether you read the books as a child and
00:12 or are reading them to your children or your grandchildren. It's just a wonderful nostalgic
00:18 moment or a first-time theatre experience. Today I am here outside of the Bristol Hippodrome
00:23 while the cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are behind the scenes preparing for a
00:28 packed audience to arrive, ready to witness this devilishly delicious classic 1964 Roald Dahl tale.
00:36 All that is left to say is come with me and we will see a world of pure imagination. Let's go.
00:42 So we're at the Bristol Hippodrome where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is currently playing.
00:47 It's been great. I mean it's been intense in the best way. It's been great for my geography
00:54 because I've managed to see the UK, which is wonderful because I was awful at geography at
01:01 school. But it's been amazing and getting to tell the story and tell the story that means so much to
01:07 the new generation of children who maybe have never been to the theatre before and also the
01:15 older generation who may have read the stories as children. And how nostalgic has it been coming here?
01:21 I saw your Instagram post about you used to come here as a child with your mum.
01:26 Yeah. What's it like?
01:27 Oh it's honestly it's so special. It's like just the best full circle moment and having that
01:35 moment when my mum came on opening night when we opened in Bristol and just seeing my mum in the
01:40 front row was just so lovely. I was like oh my god. I've wanted that for so long and I
01:46 like remember you know I've sat in these like seats just watching shows and like hoping to one
01:52 day be able to do that and now I am. The Devilishly Delicious Production is the first ever UK tour
01:58 of the classic Royal Doll Tale. Let's find out from Teddy how the set has been cleverly created
02:04 so it can be transported around the country. I'm so lucky that all I have to worry about is putting
02:11 my little personal items in a tiny box and just giving it to stage management but the process is
02:17 super intense and it never involves me which I'm so grateful for. This is the nut cage that we
02:24 witness Veruca getting torn apart in. It's quite traumatic actually. Augustus Gloop's sausage
02:32 meat maker. I don't know I'm vegan so I don't know what this is called. Sausage maker? Let's go with
02:39 that. I don't know what how you would what you would call this but this is the main set piece
02:44 in the mixing room which is prior to Violet Beauregard's demise. Classic. This is Mike TV's
02:53 little ray gun. I'm blessed. It is fair to say that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
03:01 is a feast for the Bristolian eye.
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