Charlie and the chocolate factory Section

Full stage all adult cast (no kids). Curtains open to reveal street scene of the sweet sellers
and street folk.
The candy man can
Bill: alright yall gather round, the candyman is here.
What kinda candy do yall want, sweet chocolate, chocolate malt, candy, gum drops anything u
want. Youve come to the right man cos im.. the c a n d y man.
Who can take a sunrise
Sprinkle it in dew
Cover it in chocolate
and a miracle or two?
The candyman
The candyman can
The candyman can cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good
Who can take a rainbow
Wrap it in a sigh
Soak it in the sun
and make a groovy lemon pie?
The candyman?
The candyman
The candyman can
The candyman can cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good
The candy man makes
Everything he bakes
Satisfying and delicious
Talk about your childhood wishes
You can even eat the dishes
Who can take tomorrow
Dip it in a dream
Separate the sorrow
And collect up all the cream?
The candyman
The candyman can cause he mixes it with love
And makes the world taste good (x2)
Cast freeze and we focus on the Newsreader sat at a desk at the front right of the stage. As
the newsreader announces the news the cast freeze and look at the reader.
Newsreader: Breaking news! We have just heard that the world famous chocolate maker Willy
Wonka has announced he is opening his gates for the first time in 30 years! 5 luck winners plus
their parents can win this marvellous prize by simply finding a golden ticket in any Wonka bars.
Will it be you? We will keep you updated on this breaking news story that is sure to grip the world!
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Cast run off screaming in different directions to buy their Wonka bars.
Curtains close and all exit the stage. Front of stage (hopefully half stage curtain) set on left
side as Charlies house (with grandparents in bed), other right side as a news readers
desk.
Charlie: Cabbage soup for tea again? Cant we have roast beef, with crisp roast potatoes and
Yorkshire puddings with lashings of gravy, ooh and brussel sprouts!
Grandma Georgina: Youve got to be thankful for what we have got boy, at least we have
cabbage soup, some folks dont have that.
Grandpa Joe: Oh let the boy dream!
Grandpa George: He needs to learn the fact that were poor (pause) poor, poor, poor!
Grandma Josephine: Poor we are, but at least were happy.
On the other side of stage
Newsreader: Hot off the press! The first golden ticket winner has been found in Stuttgart in
Germany. The lucky winner is a boy called Augustus Gloop, our sources say he is a rather rotund
chap who certainly likes his candy!
On the other side of stage
Mum: Anyway its your birthday tomorrow; perhaps your birthday will bring you some good luck to
win a golden ticket.
Charlie: I doubt that mum plus theres only 4 tickets left now, Id have to be mighty lucky to get
one.
Grandpa George: I remember when the chocolate factory was first built, alls you could smell was
chocolate everywhere you went.
Grandma Georgina: The smell was everywhere, in your clothes, in your hair, in your food.
Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate!
All grandparents: ummmm chocolate.
On the other side of stage
Newspaper: Welcome back folks, you heard it here first. The second golden ticket has been found
in Royal Lemmington Spa to a rather snooty young girl called Veruca Salt. Rumour has it that her
father paid for his entire factory of workers to unwrap 5000 Wonka bars a day until he found a
golden ticket for his daughter.
On the other side of stage
Grandpa Joe: Well thats really selfish!
Grandma Josephine: Shellfish! We havent had a nice bit of fish for dinner in years! Lucky days!
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Grandpa Joe: No selfish you deaf bat! How selfish must that girl be to make all those people
unwrap all that chocolate for her!
Mum: what a terrible waste of chocolate!
On the other side of stage
Newsreader: (someone hands them a piece of paper) This just in, a 3 rd golden ticket has been
found in West Virginia in the USA! Champion chewing gum chewer Violet Bowregard is the lucky
winner. More on this after this short break....
On the other side of stage
Grandma Georgina: Come here Charlie, weve all got an early surprise for you (Grandpa
George pulls out a Wonka bar from under his pillow, mum is making soup).
Charlie: Wow! Grandma Georgina, Grandpa George, Grandma Josephine, Grandpa Joe! Thank
you. Quick lets open it and see... (he opens it, and theres no ticket)
Charlie walks to the corner all sad.
Cheer Up Charlie
You get blue like everyone
But me and Grandpa Joe
Can make your troubles go away
Blow away, there they go...
Cheer up, Charlie
Give me a smile
What happened to the smile I used to know
Don't you know your grin has always
Been my sunshine;
Let that sunshine show...
Look up, Charlie
You'll see a star
Just follow it and keep your dreams in view
Pretty soon the sky is going to clear up
Charlie,
Cheer up Charlie,do
Cheer up Charlie
Just be glad you're you.
Newsreader: Welcome back, while we were gone yet another ticket has been found in the USA!
The 4th winner is Mike Teevee from Arizona. The boy is said to be thrilled with the (person runs on
with piece of paper, newsreader stops and reads it). Wait, more breaking news, the 5 th and final
ticket has been found in Paraguay! So thats it folk all 5 tickets have been sold!
On the other side of stage
Mum and the grandparents are in the house, Charlie comes running on.
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Charlie: Its a fake! Its a fake! The ticket from Paraguay is a fake, theyve just announced it! And
guess what I found fifty pence on the street and bought a Wonka bar, could it be my lucky day?!
Mum: Well today is your birthday, open it Charlie, lets see!
Grandparents: yes go on open it etc
Charlie opens the bar and reveals the golden ticket, they all yippee etc.
Ive got a Golden Ticket.
I never thought my life could be
Anything but catastrophe
But suddenly I begin to see
A bit of good luck for me
'Cause I've got a golden ticket
I've got a golden twinkle in my eye
I never had a chance to shine
Never a happy song to sing
But suddenly half the world is mine
What an amazing thing
'Cause I've got a golden ticket
I've got a golden sun up in the sky
(SPOKEN)
Charlie:
I found it the last golden ticket,
Grandpa Joe:
You did it Charlie
Mom:
Grandpa Joe you should take Charlie that is if you think youre up to it
Grandpa Joe:
Dag nabit just you try n stop me missy
(SING)
I never thought I'd see the day
When I would face the world and say
Good morning, look at the sun
I never thought that I would be
Slap in the lap of luxury
'Cause I'd have said
It couldn't be done
But it can be done
Yes it can be done
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He never ever dared to think

That there would be a golden time
A regular golden glorious blink
Our lifes have become so fine
'Cause I've got a golden ticket (x2)
I've got a golden chance to make my way
And with a golden ticket, it's a golden daaaaaaay
Mum: well you best get yourselves ready for your big day out
As Charlie and Grandpa Joe walk towards the door (exit) Charlie says to Joe.
Charlie: Hey grandpa, on my way back from the candystore this man called Mr Slugworth said to
me, that if i won the golden ticket and went to the factory, he;d pay me a million pounds to steal an
everlasting gobstopper! Wed be rich!
Grandpa Joe: Really? Well we cant be sure, well just worry about that when we get there. We
best be off.
Cast come on stage (bed and newsreader gate are walked off by cast?), the factory gate
then is poked through the curtain. Crowds and the characters and their parents gather
around the gate.
Welcome song
Willy wonka willy wonka the amazing chocolatererere
Willy wonka willy wonka everybody give a cheer
Hes modest clever and so smart he barely can restrain it
With so much generosity there is nowhere to contain it
Willy wonka willy wonka hes the one that youre about to meet
Willy wonka willy wonka hes the genius who just cant be beat
The magician and the chocolate wiz
The best darn guy that will ever live
Willy wonka here he is.
Willy Wonka comes though the factory door and meets the characters. They all introduce
themselves and their parents and shake hands.
WW: Right, lovely to meet you all, but before we go in I must ask you to keep everything you see a
secret. This is my lifework, dont you dare steal anything as its all top secret! If you do keep my
secrets and dont steal anything you will win a lifetimes supply of my chocolate! Well, now thats
said, in we go!
Cast walk off stage, curtains open to reveal the chocolate factory, the 5 characters all run
about looking amazed and eating the scenery.

Pure Imagination
Willy Wonka:
[Spoken]
Hold your breath
Make a wish
Count to three
[Sung]
Come with me
And you'll be
In a world of
Pure imagination
Take a look
And you'll see
Into your imagination
We'll begin
With a spin
Traveling in
The world of my creation
What we'll see
Will defy
Explanation
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There's nothing
To it
There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly
Wish to be
They walk to the chocolate river, WW sees Augustus drinking from it with his hands, Mrs
Gloop notices.
Mrs Gloop: Augustus! NOOOOOO! Step away from the chocolate!
WW: (scarcastically) oh please, no, he might fall in! Hell ruin my chocolate!
Augustus falls in and gets sucked up the tube
WW: Great! Just great! (He does the Umpahloompah call, they all run on)
Mrs Gloop: where has he gone! Where is my Augustus? Who are these people?
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WW: These are my factory workers, the Umpahloompahs. (to the ULs) Now take Mrs Gloop to the
fudge room to look for her son
AUGUSTUS GLOOP:
Oompa Loompa doompadee doo
I've got perfect puzzle for you
Oompa Loompa doompadah dee
If you are wise you will listen to me
Who do you get when you guzzle down sweets
Eating as much as an elephant eats
What are you at getting terribly fat
What do you think will become of that?
I DONT LIKE THE LOOK OF IT
Oompa Loompa doompadee dah
If you're not greedy you will go far
You will live in happiness too
Like the Oompa Loompa doompadee do
doompadee do
The remaining all then walk to one side and WW shows them the machine that makes the
everlasting gobstoppers.
WW: This is my world famous everlasting gobstopper machine. What my rival sweet maker Mr
Slugworth would do to get his hands on my recipe.
He gives them all one. Charlie looks at Grandpa Joe and then takes a gobstopper and puts
it in his pocket, Joe nods. WW then walks them to the 3 course meal gum machine.
WW: This is my 3 course meal bubble gum machine. When its finished youll be able to taste an
entire meal in one stick of gum!
Violet snatches the gum and eats it. WW looks annoyed and says
WW: No! Its not ready, there might be some horrible side effects we dont know about!
Mrs Bowregard: Not a problem for my Violet, shes a champion gum chewer. No gum will stop my
Violet, isnt that right dear.
Violet: Sure ma. Im getting tomato soup, ooh and now roast beef and roast potatos, ooh and a
pie. A lovely blueberry pie!
WW: Quick spit it out! This is the part that always goes wrong!
Its too late, as Violet starts to blow up. WW does the UL call and the ULs come on and roll
her off stage.

VIOLET BOREGUARD:
Oompa Loompa doompadee doo
I've got another puzzle for you
Oompa Loompa doompadah dee
If you are wise you will listen to me
Gum chewings fine when its once in a while
It stops you from smoking and brightens your smile
But its repulsive revolting and wrong
Chewing and chewing all day long
THE WAY THAT A COW DOES
Oompa Loompa doompadee dah
Given good manners you will go far
You will live in happiness too
Like the Oompa Loompa doompadee do
doompadee do
WW walks them over to the area with the golden geese.
WW: Now these are very special, these are my golden geese. They lay my award winning golden
eggs!
All: wow etc!
Veruca: Daddy I want a golden goose!
Mr Salt: Coming right up my little cherub. Wonka, how much for a golden goose?
WW: Oh their not for sale, I wont budge!
Veruca: But daddy, I want a golden goose, I want one right now!
I want it now
Veruca Salt: Gooses! Geeses! I want my geese to lay gold eggs for Easter
Mr. Salt: It will, sweetheart
Veruca: At least a hundred a day
Mr.Salt: Anything you say
Veruca: And by the way
Mr. Salt: What?
Veruca:I want a feast.
Mr. Salt: You ate before you came to the factory
Veruca: I want a bean feast!
Mr. Salt: Oh, one of those
Veruca: Cream buns and doughnuts and fruitcake with no nuts
So good you could go nuts
Mr. Salt: You can have all those things when you get home
Veruca: No, now!!
I want a party with room fulls of laughter
Ten thousand tons of ice cream
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And if I don't get the things I am after

I'm going to scream!
I want the works
I want the whole works
Presents and prizes and sweets and surprises
Of all shapes and sizes
And now
Don't care how
I want it now
Don't care how
I want it now
She falls down the bad egg hole and her dad follows after her, Umpahlumpas come out
and sing.
VERUCA SALT:
Oompa Loompa doompadee doo
I've got another puzzle for you
Oompa Loompa doompadah dee
If you are wise you will listen to me
Who do you blame when your kid is a brat
Pampered and spoiled like a Siamese cat?
Blaming the kids is a lie and a shame
You know exactly who's to blame:
THE MOTHER AND THE FATHER
Oompa Loompa doompadee dah
If you're not spoiled then you will go far
You will live in happiness too
Like the Oompa Loompa doompadee do
WW takes the remaining cast to another part of the stage and gives out goggles and white
lab coats.
WW: This is my newest invention called Wonka Vision. It takes real things and puts them inside
TVs. Here let me show you.
Some ULs carry on a giant Wonka bar. WW presses a button and a mini Wonka bar
appears in the TV (use strobe).
Mike: Wow, does it work on people? TV is my thing dont you know.
He snatches the button off of WW and runs to the transport area and presses the button.
The strobe comes on, Mike sneaks off and an action man (mini Mike) appears in the TV.
Mr Teevee: Mike! Is that you? What has happened to him Wonka?! Youll pay for this.
WW: He did this to himself! (does the UL call). (To the ULs) Now take Mr Teevee and mini Mike
here to the taffy puller, we can put him in there and see if we can stretch him out.
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MIKE TEEVEE:
Oompa Loompa doompadee doo
I've got another puzzle for you
Oompa Loompa doompadah dee
If you are wise you will listen to me
What do you get from a glut of tv?
A pain in the neck and an IQ of 3
Why dont you try simply reading a book?
Or could you just not bare too look?
YOULL GET NO (X3)
YOULL GET NO COMERCIALS
Oompa Loompa doompadee dah
If you're not greedy then you will go far
You will live in happiness too
Like the Oompa Loompa doompadee do
WW, Charlie and Joe walk front of stage, curtains close.
WW: (rudely) Well thats it, thank you for your time. Off you go, be on your way now!
Grandpa Joe: What do you mean? Were the last ones here, we surely must win the lifetime
supply of chocolate?
WW: (slams his hands down) No! You drank the fizzy lifting lemonade, that is stealing sir, stealing!
You therefore have not won! Goof day to you both! (he turns away from them).
Charlie: We didnt! Weve been with you the whole time, were not thieves are we Grandpa!
Grandpa Joe: No we are not Charlie, but if Mr Wonka doesnt believe us theres nothing we can
do. Come on, lets go home.
They go to leave and Charlie pauses and looks back. He takes the everlasting gobstopper
from his pocket and gives it back to WW. WW looks happy.
WW: You did it Charlie, you did it! It was a test. Mr Slugworth doesnt exsist! I paid that man to talk
to you all and ask you to steal. But you didnt, you gave it back! That means you are honest
Charlie! Youve won!
Charlie: Really??
WW: And even more importantly, this factory is now yours! Thats the real prize. Someone needs
to take over as Im getting old now, so you and your family can all move in. Ill train you up and you
can run the factory.
Charlie: Wow thats the greatest news ever!
Curtains open to reveal whole cast then reprise Pure Imagination. The end.
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Paradise Reprise
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There's nothing
To it
There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly
Wish to be

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