Two of the original stars of the 1971 film 'Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory', starring Gene Wilder, will appear at the Edinburgh Fringe as part of a musical parody based on an ill-fated Glasgow event that went viral earlier this year. The doomed Willy Wonka event that took place in Glasgow is heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival next month in the shape of a parody musical, titled "Willy’s Candy Spectacular: A Musical Parody". As Willy Wonka himself put it: “A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men” - and anyone heading to the Fringe this summer would be wise not to miss out.
As if that wasn’t enough to tickle your snozzberries, there’s an added bonus: two of the original actors from the 1971 film will be there. Indeed, Julie Dawn Cole and Paris Themmen, who played the greedy Veruca Salt and the cowboy hat-wearing Mike Teevee respectively in the 1971 movie starring Gene Wilder, will co-narrate a new show at Edinburgh Festival based on the now-infamous fiasco. Cole will narrate between 9-18 August, with Themmen taking over between 19-26 August.
The show, created by US producer Richard Kraft and directed by Andy Fickman, will run at the Pleasance King Dome from 9-26 August. For those of you in need of a refresher, the experience event for children that was based on Roald Dahl’s "Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory" book and made international headlines earlier this year after receiving dozens of complaints from parents. What was supp.