Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Many of you will know Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from the 1964 film but it actually began as a bedtime story told by the writer Ian Fleming to his son Casper. Both his James Bond novels and his children’s stories were full of characters inspired by people from his naval and journalistic careers – including himself! Fleming loved inventing and tinkering just like Caractacus Potts, and Chitty was based on a real racing car owned by Count Zborowski, famous for its dramatic races and catastrophic crash.

The Chitty stories were published after Fleming’s death and, in 1968, turned into the popular Hollywood film with a script by Roald Dahl and music by the Sherman brothers. The movie plot differs slightly from Fleming’s tale. The Potts family fly to the fictional Kingdom of Vulgaria and an array of new villains are introduced like the preposterous Baron and Baroness, the bumbling Spies, Boris and Goran, and
the most dreadful of scary creatures, the Childcatcher!

In 2002, the film was adapted into the acclaimed stage musical by Jeremy Sams, retaining the original score, wit and humour of the film and book.

This whimsical adventure of a magical car continues to entertain all ages, reminding us, as Commander Potts says:
“Never say no to adventures… otherwise you’ll lead a very dull life”

Show running time: 2 hours

Act 1 – Scenes

Scene 1 – Coggins Garage
Scene 2 – Potts’ Family Windmill
Scene 3 – Lord Scrumptious’
Sweet Factory
Scene 4 – Boris and Goran: The English Countryside
Scene 5 – The Children’s Bedroom at the Windmill
Scene 6 – The Fun Fair
Scene 7 – The Potts’ Garage
Scene 8 – The Picnic
Scene 9 – The War Room!
Scene 10 – Potts’ Family Windmill

Act 1 – MUSICAL NUMBERS

Opening: The British Grand Prix 1910
You Two
Them Three
Toot Sweets
Act English
Hushabye Mountain
Me Ol’ Bamboo
Posh
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Truly Scrumptious
Finale Act 1