“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is a timeless tale of a poor boy who gets a chance to meet his idol, the mysterious and legendary Willy Wonka, and ultimately pull his family out of poverty ...

This staging of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is as inventive as Wonka himself. It's a two-hour extravaganza of colour and spectacle that is guaranteed to spark your imagination.

It’s a Fox Valley eye-popper with Gobstoppers! All that said, the issues with “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” as a musical abide. It’s a chilly show and remains so in Aurora.