Press Quotes

SUNDERLAND QUOTES

PRESS QUOTES

"CHITTY OFF TO A FLYER"

Manchester Evening News

"COMEDY, ROMANCE AND A FLYING CAR ADD UP TO A TRULY SCRUMPTIOUS MUSICAL"

Birmingham Mail

"you'll have a great night, leave with a smile on your face, and be singing for
days afterwards"

Ed James 100.7 Heart FM

"A BEAUTIFUL piece of stage magic"

Philip Key Liverpool Daily Post

"an altogether fantastic experience. not only scrumptious but super sumptuous."

Joe Riley, Liverpool Echo

If musical's had MOT's, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang would pass with flying colours...

I'd recommend anyone to take a test drive

The Sunderland Echo

The Sunderland Empire is playing host to the most dazzling musical ever to come out of the West End...

This is the perfect show for all of the family

The Evening Chronicle

Can you ever have enough of a flying car?

This show is a wonderful hit...

The sort of thing you shouldn't be able to make up!

The Journal

Chitty can float, fly and hover and even take her own bow

Can you criticise the show in the least?

The Northern Echo

Jeremy Clarkson eat your heart out!

The Hartlepool Mail

You have to love this show and I’m sure everyone went home with a smile on their faces – I know I did

The Shields Gazette

The best show I've ever seen

The Middlesbrough Evening Gazette

Faultless

After twelve year's of reviewing shows for the radio, I thought I'd seen the best. This is the very best.

Metro FM's 'Goffy'

VIP QUOTES

The show is out of this world!

Jean Stephenson - The Mayoress of Sunderland

CAST QUOTES

It's a dream come true. I can fly!!

Tim Flavin - Caractacus Potts

What great audiences, what a beautiful theatre and a lovely company

Three cheers for Sunderland!

Jane Gurnett - Baroness

It's wonderful to be appearing in a show that moves the hearts and minds of audiences from the opening bars of music to the great, final, flying flourish

Paul Greenwood - Grandpa

Chitty is a show on a grand scale, so where better than the Sunderland Empire to start the UK Tour?

It's a fun show – Don't take my word for it though, come and see for yourselves!

Robert Traynor - Boris

PUBLIC QUOTES

Absolutely incredible from start to finish

Joanne Leader, Chester Le Street

Excellent!

It made me feel 20 years younger

Claire Holt, Durham

Fantastic

I'm still singing the songs a month later

Angela Hamilton, South Shields

This is a musical with Va Va Voom

Dan Webber, Washington

LONDON QUOTES

BREATHTAKING
IT'S A BIG JOYFUL, ENCHANTING SHOW
John Peter, Sunday Times

This is a fine, four fendered fabulous night.
IT'S CHITTY CHITTY BRILLIANT
Paul Taylor, The Independent

A SURE-FIRE HIT
Kevin O'Sullivan, Daily Mirror

Be Amazed.
BE VERY AMAZED
Warwick Thompson, Metro

Gasps of astonished delight
EXHILARATING FANTASTIC REMARKABLE
I COULDN'T HELP JOINING IN THE OOHS AND AHS
Benedict Nightingale, The Times

An ageless pleasure and a pleasure for all ages
SHEER THEATRICAL MAGIC
Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard