Photos: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Now Playing at Newbury’s Watermill Theatre

All new photos have been released from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Newbury’s Watermill Theatre. The production will run through Sunday 13 September. Check out the photos below!

The musical follows eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, his children Jeremy and Jemima, and Truly Scrumptious as they set off on an adventure in a car with a big personality.

The cast for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang features Christian Edwards (Jesus Christ Superstar at Watermill Theatre, A Christmas Carol at Sheffield Crucible) as Caractacus Potts and Lydia Louise making her professional debut in the role of Truly Scrumptious. Grandpa Potts is played by Mark Curry (Wicked at Apollo Theatre, The Rocky Horror Show for the UK Tour) and Susannah Van Den Berg (Fiddler on the Roof at the Barbican and UK Tour, Oliver! at the Watermill Theatre) plays The Childcatcher.

In the role of Baron Bomburst is Samuel Morgan-Grahame (Jesus Christ Superstar and Sweet Charity at the Watermill, Amelie on the West End and UK Tour); Mairi Ikegami (Your Lie In April with Carter Dixon McGill Productions, Aladdin with UK Productions) plays Baroness Bomburst; Sam Pay (Witness For The Prosecution with Eleanor Lloyd, Piaf at the Watermill Theatre) is Boris/Lord Scrumptious; in the role of Goran/Onstage MD is Alexander Zane (Jesus Christ Superstar at Watermill Theatre, Jack and the Beanstalk with Hopkins Associates), The Toymaker/Onstage Deputy MD is played by Reuben Greeph (The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe at the Leeds Playhouse, Cabaret at Playhouse Theatre) and Theo Diedrick (The (Beat) Rover with The Thelmas, Jack and the Beanstalk at Liverpool Everyman Theatre) plays Coggins. The ensemble cast includes Tasha Chu (Dance Captain), Sameer Dhanjee, Georgie Hales, Javai James, Maya Khatri Chhetri and Josh Rosewood.

The role of Jeremy is shared by Francis Adams, Bodhi Allnutt, Elijah Bailey and Lucas Froud, and the role of Jemima is shared by Auora Breslin, Juyoung Chang, Sophie George and Aila McLeish.

The Children of Vulgaria will be played by Chika Atakorah, Felix Brims, Amelia Cartwright, Willow Daniels, Roko Duckling, Ivy Evans, Rafe Evans, Cosmo French, Hugo Haworth, Asha Ibrahim, Imogen Jermey, Sophie Jones, Sam Llewellyn, Florence Martin, Kweji Sameke, Wilf Seymour, Cassia Tipp and Audrey Williams.

With music and lyrics by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman, adapted for the stage by Jeremy Sams, and based on the MGM motion picture, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will be directed by Watermill Artistic Director, Paul Hart, who previously directed Jesus Christ Superstar and The Lord of the Rings.

Photo Credit: Pamela Raith