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Ogunquit Playhouse is launching the Arts Academy program with the belief that theater is a profound tool for students to not only exercise their imagination but to discover their innate skill set.

Those of us with a sweet tooth have probably dreamed of a wonderland of sweet confections. In 1971, audiences witnessed the closest thing to a sweet world of wonder in the form of the film “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.”  The film was directed by Mel Stuart and stars Gene Wilder as the eccentric...

Netflix acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company in 2021, making it the owner of the rights to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and more. Wes Anderson and Taika Waititi plan on adapting his books, but first, the streamer hopes to clean up a historical mess.

A FORMER Mid Cheshire College student and Willy Wonka superfan has amassed the worlds largest memorabilia collection devoted to beloved Roald Dahl…

OUT of anywhere in the world where this could have been – it is right here in Lymm.

Leslie Bricusse

American actor Timothée Chalamet will play the magical character created by writer Roald Dahl, Willy Wonka, in a prequel that will be filled with music and dance.

“Wonka” will be a musical that will serve as a prequel to Roald Dahl’s 1964 novel “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and will reportedly be based on the early life of the eccentric chocolatier.

Willy Wonka, decked out in fanciful top hat, bow tie and purple suit, hobbles out of his chocolate factory with a cane — a once-mythical man now reduced to a mere mortal. Then he falls forward, crumbling like a discarded napkin before the hushed audience. But its a trick: The candy magnate rolls on the red carpet and leaps to his feet with a showmans zest — yet another crowd-pleasing moment for the marketing maestro. That classic scene encapsulates the deceptive atmosphere of 1971s Willy W...

2/12 2/12 Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket) was offered a three-picture deal on the strength of his performance as Bucket, however, Ostrum quit acting by the end of high school and went on to get a veterinarian degree from Cornell University. These days he runs a veterinarian practice in Lowville, New York. 3/12 4/12 4/12 Julie Cole (Veruca Salt) has appeared on several British television series — such as EastEnders and Emmerdale —...