Academy Youth Theatre: Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka

The delicious adventures experienced by Charlie Bucket on his visit to Willy Wonka’s mysterious chocolate factory light up the stage in this captivating adaptation of Roald Dahl’s fantastical tale. Featuring the enchanting songs from the 1971 film starring Gene Wilder and new songs by Leslie Bricusse (Jekyll & Hyde, Doctor Dolittle) and Anthony Newley, Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka is a scrumdidilyumptious musical guaranteed to delight everyone’s sweet tooth. Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka follows enigmatic candy manufacturer, Willy Wonka, as he stages a contest by hiding golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. Whomever comes up with these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of candy. Four of the five winning children are insufferable brats: the fifth is a likeable young lad named Charlie Bucket, who takes the tour in the company of his equally amiable grandfather. The children must learn to follow Mr. Wonka’s rules in the factory… or suffer the consequences.

Shows:

Friday, July 26 @ 7pm. Saturday, July 27 @ 2pm & 7pm

Academy Youth Theatre Shows are sponsored by IWT, Foster Fuels, Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Virginia Commission for the Arts, and National Endowment for the Arts.

Tickets for this event are $6 – 20 and are on sale now.

For more information or to purchase tickets to our performances, contact our Bank of the James Ticketing Office at (434) 846-8499, or visit AcademyCenter.Org.