My Review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
On the 5th of June 2014, year six went on a school trip to London. We stayed over night in the Ibis Wembley Hotel
which was very fun! We also went to see ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ in Drury lane theatre.
As we walked into the Theatre it was as grand as Buckingham Palace with statues everywhere you looked.
At the door they were selling Wonka bars and programmes for very expensive prices! As we walked up the twirling
steps to the room where the show was played, I imagined what it would be like and how they were going to make the
chocolate room on stage. We sat down and got all our chocolates and sweets out I was sitting next to Tillie.
The lights slowly went off and the curtains moved across to reveal the stage.
The story is about a young boy called Charlie Bucket who lives in a small wooden hut with is mother, farther,
two grandmothers and two grandfarthers. Charlie goes to the dump everyday to get things for his ‘house’ and family.
But for his birthday he has a Wonka bar for his birthday but he doesn’t get a golden ticket, the next day he goes
to the dump and a Lady selling Wonka bars comes round and Charlie finds a pound coin on the floor. He buys a
Wonka bar and has the golden ticket. Charlie and his Grandpa Joe go to the Chocolate factory. They meet
Willy Wonka and four other children Veruca, Mike, Violet and Augustus. They had a tour around the factory and
at the end of it Charlie was the only one left. Veruca went down the nut shoot, Mike got shrunk, Violet turned into
a blueberry and Augustus got stuck up a tube. Because Charlie was the last left, Willy Wonka took Charlie in a
great glass elevator. When they came back down to the ground Willy Wonka told Charlie that he can keep the
chocolate factory and his family surprised him by jumping out and saying “congratulations Charlie.”
I thought the show was good because when they changed the background and the set it slid across the floor
quickly so you didn’t notice as much as if they were pushing it. Also, I thought the great glass elevator was cool
because it went up in the air and for the background there was stars and a moon and they were actually in it. I
didn’t like the part where they shrunk Mike because the lights kept flashing and there was loud bangs.
By Katie Phillips
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