The Shanklin Theatre auditorium was packed, the gates of Wonka's iconic factory were there on the stage in front of us and ...

WILLY WONKA - Tyler Maddux, CHARLIE BUCKET - Madigan Kennedy, GRANDPA JOE - Zane Menzie, MRS. BUCKET - Kyla Turvey, AUGUSTUS GLOOP - Josiah Holloway, MRS. GLOOP - Gracyn Lyle, VERUCA SALT ...

Some movies are considered rites of passage, from watching Star Wars: A New Hope for the first time to Die Hard, there's a whole genre of films so transcendent that they are a building block of ...

With a cast of 30 students on stage singing and performing original choreography and stunts, the high-energy, family-friendly production of “Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka” delivers ... who plays Grandpa ...

and Grandpa Joe, the latter to whom Charlie has a special bond. They live in the town where the mysterious, reclusive and genius Willy Wonka runs his chocolate factory. Wonka has not been seen in ...

Charlie: [to Grandpa Joe, after opening the Wonka bar they think has the last Golden Ticket in it] You know... I'll bet those Golden Tickets make the chocolate taste terrible. Mrs. Teevee: I assume ...

At the heart of this enchanting story is poor but pure-hearted Charlie Bucket (Eliza Clarke and Leo Smith sharing the role and each making it their own), whose golden ticket propels him into Willy ...

No wonder he jumps at the opportunity to visit Willy Wonka’s famous chocolate factory, and no wonder Grandpa Joe suddenly finds himself able to get up for once, to come along for the ride. Rated G.