If the conversation in the Dress Circle pre show was of having nightmares about the Child Catcher, it was of the original, the terrifying Robert Helpmann in the 1968 blockbuster movie adaptation of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
The reminiscing was that of parents recalling their own early memories of Ian Fleming’s family favourite.
Consequently, the big question on everyone’s mind was, ‘What would Scotland’s National Treasure, Elaine C Smith, bring to the role?’ Chilling, insidious threat, the answer.
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