CHARLIE Brooks will play the role of the child catcher in the new production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, to be performed at Venue Cymru, Llandudno from August 13-18.
She will join Adam Garcia as Caractacus Potts, Emmerdale star Liam Fox as Grandpa Potts, Ellie Nunn as Truly Scrumptious, Martin Callaghan as Baron, Jenny Gayner as Baroness, Adam Stafford as Boris, Michael Joseph as Goran and John Macaulay as The Toymaker.
The cast also includes Charlie Bishop, Ruaraidh Blackwood, Hadrian Delacey, Belle Kizzy Green, Tia Gyngell, Kirsty Ingram, Bibi Jay, Isabella Mason, Joe Press, Theo UK Rose, Molly Rees Howe, Callum Train and Luke Woollaston.
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The roles of Jeremy and Jemima Potts will be shared by Gracie Cochrane, Ayrton English, Isla Ithier, Isabella Manning, Charlie McGuire, Jasmine Nyenya, Roshan Thomson and Louis Wilkins.
Charlie is known for playing Janine in BBC’s EastEnders, for which she won several British Soap awards.
Her other television credits include BBC’s Bleak House, alongside Carey Mulligan and Gillian Anderson, ITV’s Wired, starring Sacha Dhawan and Jodie Whittaker, and Channel 5’s crime thriller Lie With Me, which was nominated for Best Television Script at the Australian Writers Guild awards.
She also featured in a major recurring role in ITV’s Broken News, directed by Lewis Arnold and written by Jack Thorne.
On stage, Charlie played the role of Ursula in the National Theatre’s West End run of The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
Her other theatre credits include leading roles in All in a Row at the Southwark Playhouse, Monogamy at the Park Theatre, Beautiful Thing at the Arts Theatre (West End) and Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire at Curve, Leicester.
Based on Ian Fleming’s story and later made into the 1968 film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang features songs by the Sherman Brothers including Toot Sweets, Hushabye Mountain, and Truly Scrumptious.
This new production will be directed by Thom Southerland (Titanic, Parade).
Tickets are available at www.venuecymru.co.uk or by telephoning the Box Office on 01492 872000.
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