Willy Wonka Themed Event: Crobar Nightclub
For Halloween in 2005 I was asked to bring Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to life. With the new Tim Burton version of the film just released, along the popularity of the iconic original film, I created my own blend of the two including a working glass elevator able to move in many directions using an unconventional cable and motor system designed by me with engineering help from Crobar production partner Jim Goodall. I had the special joy of playing Tim Burton’s Willy Wonka in a highly detailed costume for the entire weekend! Special effects were utilized everywhere. The club even smelled of chocolate and bubble gum!
Here I am flying around in a multidirectional glass elevator of my own design. Excited and just a bit nervous.
My incredibly detailed Johnny Depp Wonka costume.
Glittery rotating Wonka logo replaced the disco ball.
Design of the claw conveyor system that ran over the dance floor.
Chocolate bar wrapper design.
A motor driven cable-pulley system moved giant “CRO-BAR’s” over the dance floor.
Close-up of the claws and chocolate bars.
This bar served as a vignette for WONKA VISION and was clad in white.
The Wonka Vision tv featured a Wonka Bar and a Mike TeeVee Hologram effect.
This custom effect featured Mike Teevee walking around the space and sitting on top of the chocolate bar.
Behind the scenes, where I filmed friend Ian Sklarsky as Mike TeeVee.
The chocolate room recreated, more or less in 2D along the largest wall of the club featured a animated chocolate waterfall projection.
The entry hall to the club lined with illuminated candy balls.
The VIP lounge was transformed into WONKA’s testing laboratory.
Fizzy-Lifting Drink, 3-course meal chewing gum, and other experiments were represented.
This translucent wall featured “lickable wallpaper” designs,
The entire club was branded with Wonka graphics.
One of many factory signs posted.
Naturally, the entire bar staff got into the spirit with help from Crobar’s costume designer Trisha Star.
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