Class 8

My review of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Aran 

On the 5^th June 2014, Abercanaid School’s very own class 8 went on an overnight stay in London, where on the first night, they travelled to the Drury Lane theatre to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

      At first I  personally didn’t think it was going to be as fascinating as it was, because I thought that it was going to be boring to be honest! Our class entered the theatre, and saw Charlie as lively as a sugar- rushed toddler, he was getting ready for the show, and we could clearly see he was excited.

     The show started, and Charlie started singing a song about how he loved life collecting chocolate wrappers and “antique” items from the dump. Next he returned his shack near the old Wonka Factory. I enjoyed the part when Charlie and his dad created signal for the TV, and they found out that the old Wonka Factory will re-open and there will be a competition to find 5 golden tickets inside Wonka bars, if you were a lucky winner you would get a complimentary tour around the large, magnificent factory of the mysterious man, Mr. Willy Wonka!

     Every time anybody from anywhere in the world won a ticket, they would broadcast a performance of how the child who won felt on the TV.

     Another part I adored was when the Bulgarian “monster” Augustus fell into the chocolate river, and then had his mother watch him go down a shoot with oompa loompas. I also relished the moment when Verruca Salt went down the nut shoot like a raging rocket…

     After all the spoilt, naughty and irritating children had all gone, and there was Charlie, who was even more excited by now than when he was before the show, left. Willy Wonka showed the happy, fulfilled child to a room with a book of Wonka’s ideas, and Charlie had a peak when Wonka had gone… Well it was a little bit more than a peak, because Charlie started writing his own ideas…

     Wonka told Charlie off when he re-entered the room, but then eventually forgave him after seeing Charlie’s work. Mr. Wonka then decided to take Charlie on a ride he will never forget, on the All Famous… Glass Elevator!

     I enjoyed the production and I’m positive everyone else did to, being a show and not a pantomime, the wonderful creation was surprisingly very interactive, by this I mean that the cast acted as if we; the audience, were another cast member and treated us as just part of the show!