A new musical was inspired by the disastrous Wonka event in Glasgow which was shut down by police.
Real life stories have inspired many a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe but few quite as strange as Willy’s Candy Spectacular.
The images and reactions to the disaster became an internet sensation, watched and read about all over the world.“It looked like there was an Oompa Loompa in a meth lab. And I’m sitting there thinking: 'This sounds like a musical'.” An image of Glaswegian actress Kirsty Paterson in a green wig had gone viral. At the time she said she felt overwhelmed and anxious.“It was awful. I just wanted to stay in bed and hide under the covers.”He asked Kirsty to play herself and a narrator of the story alongside a huge cast of musical veterans like Shelley Regner of Pitch Perfect, Cassandra Parker from Cabaret and Eric Petersen, who was able to revive the Scottish accent he used for two years on Broadway in Shrek the Musical.
Not least the casting of two of the child stars of the 1971 film version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Paris Themenn played Teevee Mike while Julie Dawn Cole played Veruca Salt.“I retired from showbusiness 15 years ago and I never imagined I’d be back.
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