CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY's Oompa Loompas Roam Theatre Royal in Honor of Roald Dahl Day

The hit West End musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, based on the book by Roald Dahl, and directed by Sam Mendes, is marking Roald Dahl Day on 13 September by releasing new pictures of the Oompa-Loompas on the loose at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Check them out below!

Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has quickly become one of the West End's most popular and successful stage musicals. It has broken multiple records at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, where it has been seen by over more than 1.25 million people since it opened in June 2013. It is currently taking bookings until 4 June 2016.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is directed by Sam Mendes. Featuring ingenious stagecraft, the wonder of the original story that has captivated the world for 50 years is brought to life with music by Marc Shaiman, and lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman, a book by award-winning playwright and adaptor David Greig, set and costume designs by Mark Thompson and choreography by Peter Darling.

The Official Cast Recording album is available on Sony Records, on CD and download.

This world premiere musical is produced by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Neal Street Productions and Langley Park Productions.

www.CharlieandtheChocolateFactory.com

Continuing Warner Bros.' mission of presenting the finest entertainment across all media and platforms to global audiences, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures is the company's live stage play division, which develops and produces first-class musicals and other stage productions. With access to Warner Bros.' vast library of iconic film and television properties, as well as extensive relationships with top theatrical talent, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures is well-positioned as a dynamic and resourceful creative entity in the live theater arena.

The division is currently producing the highly successful musical adaptation of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" in London's West End, with Sam Mendes directing. Theatre Ventures is also co-producing the 2013 Olivier Award Best Play winner, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," with the National Theatre for a September 2014 debut on Broadway and readying a brand-new production of the drama "Misery," with Oscar-winner Bill Goldman adapting his 1990 screenplay.

As part of its ongoing development activities, Theatre Ventures is constantly exploring production opportunities, working in various capacities with award-winning theater, film and television producers. The division's roster of upcoming projects includes dramas, comedies and musicals based on both library titles and original concepts.

Theatre Ventures was most recently represented on Broadway with the Tony Award- nominated original musical "The Bridges of Madison County" (nominated for Best Original Score Written for the Theatre, Best Orchestrations, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical and Best Lighting Design of a Musical). Other Broadway productions include the holiday hit "Elf". This original musical, based on the New Line Cinema release of the same name, was produced in both 2010 and 2012, and broke box office records at the Al Hirschfield Theatre during its initial run. The division also produced the original musical "Secondhand Lions," at Seattle's 5thAvenue Theatre in September 2013.

Theatre Ventures also licenses third-party stage rights to the various properties held within the Studio's vast media library, including such productions as "The Bodyguard," "Top Hat," "Singin' in the Rain," "Hairspray," "The Wizard of Oz," "The Color Purple" and "42nd Street" as well as the upcoming "Diner" and "Honeymoon in Vegas."

Formed in 2003 by Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris and Caro Newling to produce film, television and theatre. Previously Mendes & Newling established and ran the Donmar Warehouse 1992 - 2002.

Recent theatre includes: The Bridge Project, a three-year transatlantic venture with the Old Vic/Brooklyn Academy of Music presenting five classic plays for world-wide stages, directed by Sam Mendes: The Winter's Tale/The Cherry Orchard with Simon Russell Beale and Rebecca Hall, The Tempest/As You Like It with Stephen Dillane and Juliet Rylance, Richard III with Kevin Spacey. Also Shrek the Musical by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire produced with DreamWorks Animation at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Previously: Three Days of Rain with James McAvoy, The Vertical Hour with Julianne Moore and Bill Nighy, The Painkiller with Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon, and World/UK premieres of The House of Special Purpose by Heidi Thomas, All About My Mother by Sam Adamson, The Hound of the Baskervilles by Steve Canny & Peepolykus, Days of Wine and Roses new version by Owen McCafferty, Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz and Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay-Abaire.

West End/Broadway transfers: South Downs/The Browning Version, Enron (Chichester Festival Theatre) Hamlet, Mary Stuart and Red (Donmar Warehouse), Sunday in the Park with George and Merrily We Roll Along (Menier Chocolate Factory).

Film and TV includes: Call the Midwife, Stuart A Life Backwards, Starter for Ten, Things We Lost in the Fire, Jarhead, Revolutionary Road, Away We Go, Blood and The Hollow Crown for BBC Two featuring Richard II (dir Rupert Goold) Henry IV Part 1 & Part 2 (dir Richard Eyre) and Henry V (dir Thea Sharrock).

NSP has recently welcomed Nicolas Brown as co-director to work on forthcoming TV & film projects.

Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was one of the world's most inventive, mischievous, successful and loved storytellers. Since his death, his work has not only endured but is still increasing in popularity. His stories are currently available in 58 languages. A conservative estimate of global sales is more than 200 million. Two charities have been founded in Roald Dahl's memory: Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity - created in 1991 - makes life better for seriously ill children by raising money to fund charities, hospitals and individual families in the UK.

The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre - a unique cultural, literary and education hub - opened in June 2005 in Great Missenden where Roald Dahl lived and wrote many of his best-loved works. 10% of the author's royalties from all his books and adaptations are donated to the two Roald Dahl charities.

On 13 September 2006, the first national Roald Dahl Day was celebrated, on what would have been the author's 90th birthday. The event proved such a success that Roald Dahl Day is now marked annually all over the world. Throughout 2014, there were celebrations to mark 50 years of Roald Dahl's iconic book, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. In 2016 there will be global celebrations for the Centenary of Roald Dahl's birth.

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