Joining Ore Oduba 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, Charlie Brooks will play the role of The Childcatcher in the new production.

Well known for playing the iconic role of Janine in the BBC’ s EastEnders, for which she won several British Soap Awards, Charlie Brook’ s other television credits include the BBC’ s Bleak House, alongside Carey Mulligan and Gillian Anderson, ITV’ s Wired, starring

Sacha Dhawan and Jodie Whittaker, and Channel 5 crime thriller, Lie With Me, which was nominated for Best Television Script at the Australian Writers’ Guild’ s AWGIE Awards. She has also recently wrapped on a major recurring role in ITV’ s Broken News directed by Lewis Arnold and written by Jack Thorne. On stage, Charlie most recently played the role of Ursula in the National Theatre’ s West End run of The Ocean at the End of the Lane. Charlie’ s 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 timeless story for children and later made into the famous 1968 film, in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang we meet

absent-minded inventor Caractacus Potts who restores a broken-down old racing car with the help of his children Jemima and Jeremy. Soon the family discover the car has magical powers and, along with the delectable Truly Scrumptious, the family end up on a hilarious fantastical adventure to far off lands.

Featuring unforgettable songs by the Sherman Brothers including Toot Sweets, Hushabye Mountain, Truly Scrumptious and the Academy Award-nominated title song Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, see Charlie Brooks and the rest of the star-studded cast at The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury from Tuesday 1 April where it plays until Saturday 12 April as part of a UK tour presented by permission of Music Theatre International.

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