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Carrie Hope Fletcher and Shaun Williamson join The Cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang On Tour.

Published on

March 10, 2016

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Carrie Hope Fletcher Further casting has been announced for the UK tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Carrie Hope Fletcher (Les Miserables) will play Truly Scrumptious from 4th May until 2 October. Shaun Wiliamson (Eastenders) will play Lord Scrumptious/Barom Bomburst from 4th May until 21 August. Phil Jupitus (the Producers. Hairspray) who is currently playing the roles of Lord Scrumptious and Baron Bomburst returns to the show from August 24.

Lee Mead (Casualty, Legally Blonde, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat) will play Caractacus Potts from 4 May until 18 September, with Jason Manford (The Producers, Sweeney Todd ) returning to the role, which he is currently playing, from 21 September.

Martin Kemp continues as the Childcatcher until 24 April. Casting for further dates is to be announced.

Ewen Cummins plays The Toymaker/Mr Coggins, with Sam Harrison as Boris and Scott Paige as Goran, and Kathryn Barnes, Rosanna Bates, Alex Louize Bird, Abigail Climer, Jade Davies, Matt Gillett, Ewan Gillies, Joanna Goodwin, Nathan Vaughan Harris, Christopher D Hunt, Paul Iveson, Nia Jermin, Kelsie-Rae Marshall, Mollie Melia-Redgrave, Perry O’Dea, Matt Overfield, Ross Russell, Craig Turner and Robert Wilkes.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang features the classic score and lyrics by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman who also wrote the scores for Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and The Slipper and the Rose. The Sherman Brothers have won two Academy Awards with a further nine nominations, two Grammy Awards and they have received 21 gold and platinum albums.

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