Sam Mendes's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is no golden ticket
The latest Roald Dahl musical to hit the West End proves that putting children's books on stage requires theatre-makers to think beyond what's on the pageThe Sam Mendes-directed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, marks the arrival of the second Roald Dahl musical in the West End. Sadly, Charlie " which is lacking in narrative tension and so dull and tooth-achingly sweet that by the int…