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FACT's musical 'Matilda' brings the Roald Dahl classic to Dewild Theater

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 04 Nov 2021
FACT is excited to perform Roald Dahl's “Matilda” in musical form, a story of a young girl that overcomes self-centered parents and an evil headmistress with mysterious magical powers ... .
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'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' musical more sour than sweet, yet visually delicious

Tulsa World 04 Nov 2021
The touring production of this adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic novel features some impressive stage magic, while emphasizing the story's dark humor ... .
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FACT's musical 'Matilda' will have you rolling with laughter

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 04 Nov 2021
FACT is excited to perform Roald Dahl's “Matilda” in musical form, a story of a young girl that overcomes self-centered parents and an evil headmistress with mysterious magical powers ... .
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'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' visually delicious, but new version has a sour edge

Tulsa World 04 Nov 2021
The touring production of this adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic novel features some impressive stage magic, while emphasizing the story's dark humor ... .
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A writer's experience with cancel culture

The Jerusalem Post 04 Nov 2021
When I was a senior in high school, I had a weekly column in the local newspaper, the San Bruno Recorder-Progress ... But it was too late ... Or how about notorious antisemite Roald Dahl? Do we cancel Dahl’s oeuvre entirely? Put trigger warnings on the covers of his books, like HBO did when it repackaged Gone with the Wind for the woke generation? ... .
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The most delightful gifts for Disney lovers and the theme-park obsessed

The Los Angeles Times 04 Nov 2021
3D Disneyland ... But who knew the museum’s wares were so fashionable? Launching this year with an exhibit on the Walt Disney StudiosWorld War II efforts was a track jacket dedicated to Fifinella, a character created by Roald Dahl and the Walt Disney Studios that would eventually become an insignia for the WASPs, the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
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The Unexpected Joys of Aunting

The Epoch Times 03 Nov 2021
with a bottle of wine ... We call this ritual—simply, magnificently—Pizza Friday ... If you were to judge from many popular portrayals, from Roald Dahl to The Simpsons, aunts are vicious, neglectful, and embittered ....
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Chris Pratt to voice Garfield in new animated movie

Hickory Record 02 Nov 2021
Chris Pratt is set to voice Garfield ... The Movie" and "Garfield. A Tail of Two Kitties." ... A screen adaptation of a Roald Dahl book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” is about a poor kid named Charlie Bucket who finds a golden ticket that gains him entrance to a famed candy factory alongside four other children.
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Aldi launches golden ticket chocolate competition with top prize of £10,000

The Independent 01 Nov 2021
... will be thrilled to hear about a new competition launched by Aldi inspired by the beloved Roald Dahl novel.
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Fairfax: Season 1 Review

IGN Insider 01 Nov 2021
Fairfax. Season 1 debuts Friday, Oct. 29 on Amazon Prime Video ... Gen-Zers clamoring for clout and social media influencer status ... It's their school, their peers, and their neighbors too ... The season itself, like the classic Roald Dahl Chocolate Factory tale, culminates with a contest that offers up an inside tour of LATRINE as its prize ... river ... .
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Wonka actor relies on 'pure imagination' in touring production

Tulsa World 31 Oct 2021
The touring production of this musical, based on the classic novel by Roald Dahl, will be at the Tulsa PAC Nov. 2-7 ... .
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Streaming: the best Halloween films for kids

The Observer 31 Oct 2021
When I was seven, and for some time after, my favourite film was Nicolas Roeg’s fiercely terrifying take on Roald Dahl’s (Amazon Prime), and it remains just about unbeatable as a primal horror film for kids ... Roeg, rather like Dahl, doesn’t condescend to children, playing on their ...
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Ranking the 100 best horror movies of all time

The Morganton News Herald 30 Oct 2021
Looking for something scary to watch this weekend? Here's a look at the 100 best horror movies of all time, according to Metascore and IMDb ratings. 100 best horror movies of all time. 100 best horror movies of all time ... To put it as plainly as possible ... #100 ... One of Roald Dahl’s many scrumdiddlyumptious stories bursts to life with this 1990 adaptation.
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The Lost Lending Library review – immersive family show champions the magic of books

The Observer 29 Oct 2021
On the way to The Lost Lending Library, a new immersive family theatre show, I describe Punchdrunk’s The Drowned Man to my eight-year-old, Hilda, in a bid to explain the “immersive” bit ... a battered copy of Roald Dahl’s The Witches (I’m still not sure why) and a locked, dusty tome that helps the kids gain access to a world behind a bookcase ... Wanda) ... .
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