Article: A cheerful Chitty, but it doesn't quite go with a bang bang.

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Daily Mail (London)
Article date:
April 17, 2002
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Byline: MICHAEL COVENEY

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman:

London Palladium

YES, the car, good old Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, flies over the front stalls, sprouting wings like a psychedelic bat.

And its first appearance, gleaming like the magnificent old antique of racing car legend, is applauded with the clap-happy, sing-along enthusiasm of a crowd at an ice-skating competition.

The 1968 movie has been transposed to the stage - pretty faithfully and with some clever improvements - and is likely to prove the most popular children's show in town.

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