Olivier-nominee Adam Garcia will star as Caractacus Potts in a brand new manufacturing of probably the most fantasmagorical musical of all time, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG.
Adam Garcia just lately obtained rave critiques as Julian Marsh in Curve and Sadler’s Wells hit manufacturing of 42nd Street. His musical theatre credit embody Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever and Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me, Kate, for which he obtained Olivier Award nominations for each roles. His different theatre credit embody Fiyero in Wicked, The Artilleryman in The War of the Worlds and Damien Karras in The Exorcist. His movie credit embody Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Coyote Ugly and Riding in Cars with Boys. Adam just lately appeared as a finalist within the UK sequence of The Masked Dancer, ending in second place.
Based on Ian Fleming’s timeless story for kids and later made into the well-known 1968 movie, CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG options the unforgettable songs by the Sherman Brothers together with Toot Sweets, Hushabye Mountain, Truly Scrumptious and the Academy Award-nominated title track, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
This new manufacturing might be directed by Thom Southerland (Titanic, Parade), choreographed by Karen Bruce (BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, The Bodyguard) with Set and Costume design by Morgan Large (Newsies, Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat), Lighting design by Ben Cracknell, Sound design by Gareth Tucker, Musical Supervision by George Dyer (The Wizard of Oz, Annie, Billy Elliot) and casting by Debbie O’Brien.
In CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG we meet absent-minded inventor Caractacus Potts who restores a broken-down previous racing automotive with the assistance of his youngsters Jemima and Jeremy. Soon the household uncover the automotive has magical powers, and together with the delectable Truly Scrumptious, the household find yourself on a hilarious fantastical journey to far off lands.
TUESDAY 27 AUGUST – SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2024
King’s Theatre, Glasgow
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