Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Musical)

'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' is a musical based on the Roald Dahl 1964 book 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', and has been performed since 2013. The musical is about a young poor boy Charlie Bucket and the resurface of famous chocolatier Willy Wonka, who's stashed five golden tickets in his chocolate Wonka bars throughout the world. The tickets' finders, including Charlie and four spoiled children, are allowed into his factory and given the chance to win a mysterious special prize.

The original UK production performed in the West End from 2013 to 2017. An ongoing American production on Broadway opened in 2017, along with other international productions in Australia, Italy, Norway, Brazil, France, Belgium and Denmark. The musical was revived in the UK in Leeds in late 2022 for a UK tour, albeit retooled.

One of the spoiled children, gum-chewing Violet Beauregarde, tries an experimental gum of Wonka's that inflates her body and turns her into an immobile human blueberry. For this, the Violet suit has a backpack hiding a mechanism that inflates the suit's arms, torso and legs, activated by the actress using a connected hand pump.

West End (2013-2017)
There were occasions where the suit did not fully inflate, occurring at least with Adrianna Bertola and Jade Johnson, resulting in a partially-inflated look. The original West End line up consisted of Adrianna Bertola, Jade Johnson, Mya Olaye and India Rai Amarteifio.

Jade Johnson
Jade Johnson's performance where the suit didn't fully inflate.

Children in Need
During Children in Need 2014, the musical was promoted with song numbers being performed, including the Violet song 'Juicy', with Sophie Naglik as Violet who undergoes her inflation.

Broadway (2017)
Trista Dollison played the role in the original Broadway production, while Brynn Williams played in on the National Tour. Zakiya Baptiste currently plays the role.

Brazil (2020)
The Brazilian production uses both the actresses with inflatable gear in their suit as well as an inflatable chub suit for the midway and full blueberry look. Warning, the gallery includes at least one GIF with flashing lights.

Aline Serra
Supporting actress Aline Serra wore the first inflatable suit while alongside Lorena Castro.

Carla Vazquez
Supporting actress Carla Vazquez donned the blueberry suit.

Denmark (2021)
In the Danish production, the sequence is handled by use of an inflatable suit worn by the actress, Andrea 0st, in the second act. Like with Broadway and Australia, the end result blueberry is a prop, though much larger than previous ones.

France (2021)
The French production featured actresses Cassiopee Mayane and Ethel Glasson in the role of Violet. An inflatable one-piece outfit is worn at the end of Act One and throughout Act Two, with an attached belt to be taken off during the inflating scene. While the outfit is normally deflated with the belt worn again by the time of the curtain call, on at least one occasion Ethel and Cassiopee Mayance had not deflated, and did not have enough time to put the belt back on.

Netherlands
The Dutch production featured an inflatable outfit that blows up the torso of the costume.

UK & Ireland
Marisha Morgan took on the role for the UK revival from the Leeds Playhouse across the UK and Ireland.