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Rioting parents and crying children: A new Wonka actor shares details of chaotic Willy’s Chocolate Experience

Source: Michael Archibald

An actor playing one of the doomed Willy Wonkas has opened up about dealing with police, crying children and rioting parents at the immersive theatre event of the century - Willy’s Chocolate Experience - a place he says “where dreams go to die”.

Lured in by the promise of £500, Michael Archibald, 18, turned up to his first ever acting gig expecting a professional role in a theatre type-play but even the traumatic experience couldn’t shatter his dreams of treading the boards on the West End as the cheeky

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