Augustus Gloop is a gluttonous boy who loves to eat chocolate and gets a gruesome end in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical.
Augustus is the first Golden Ticket finder. He hails from Bavaria, where he is raised by his larger than life mother and father, who runs a butcher shop. Augustus is extremely gluttonous and eats constantly, non-stop. His mother is proud that he is so large and fat, and claims that the bigger he is, the more there is to love. (It's like they put lots of air inside him and don't let any out.) He also eats only meat and chocolate, even Wonka bars.
At the factory, Augustus reveals his bratty side after having a tantrum over having his bagged lunch confiscated from him. He later stuffs and indulges himself after being set loose in the Chocolate Room.
Against Wonka's wishes, Augustus kneels on the sugar grass and slurps up chocolate from the chocolate waterfall, and, in an unfortunate feat of him leaning too far out, falls head-first into the lake of melted chocolate. He is sucked up a chocolate extraction pipe, and is found to be stuck having blocked the pipe with his massive stomach. The Oompa Loompas enact the diversionary plumbing system, and force Augustus through the maze of pipes, as he heads for the Fudge Tubs in the Fudge Room. When Augustus gets stuck in the pipe, his mother tells him to try releasing some gas. He farts, but this propels him to his death faster.
Wonka sends a team of Oompa Loompas to check the Fudge Tubs with a large stick before Augustus is caramelized. Wonka jokes that Augustus's crushed body could make the toffee taste disgusting. In the Broadway version, Wonka said he doesn't want to pick Augustus's bones out of the fudge. The group were shocked and mortified, but Wonka says Augustus will be alright.
It is strongly implied that Augustus met a gruesome fate of being cooked and melted into chocolate. Also the, Oompa Loompas said in "Auf Wiedersehen Augustus Gloop" that they are going to eat Augustus's scraps as candied pork after he is cooked and melted into chocolate.
Augustus appears in the following songs:
- "More of Him to Love"
- "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" (UK Tour)
- "It Must be Believed to be Seen"
- "Strike That! Reverse It!"
- "Simply Second Nature"
- "Pure Imagination" (Broadway and UK Tour)
- "Auf Wiedersehen, Augustus Gloop"
Appearance[]
Augustus appears obese and he has a bright red sweater with white diamonds on it and green and red diamonds inside, and has rather dark green shorts.
Trivia[]
- In main illustration, when the boys dress up as Augustus to get ready for the show, he has an enormous fat suit and it's all hidden in his sweater.
- A puppet of Augustus is shown when he gets sucked up The Chocolate River Pipe. The puppet of Augustus is seen again when he gets stuck in the pipes. The puppet was used after the actor who played Augustus exited the stage through a trap door.
- Augustus apparently has/had two pet dachshunds (wiener dogs/sausage dogs) who he has/had tried to devour in the past.
Portrayals[]
Original West End[]
- Harrison Slater (May 2013-October 2013)
- Jenson Steele (May 2013-May 2014)
- Regan Stokes (May 2013-November 2013)
Former West End[]
- Vincent Finch (May 2014-May 2015)
- Alexzander Griffiths (November 2013-May 2015)
- Dane Juler (October 2013-October 2015)
- Logan Cripps (May 2015-April 2016)
- Benjamin "Ben" Lewis (October 2015-April 2016)
- Connor Davies (May 2015-January 2017)
- Archie Lewis (April 2016-January 2017)
- Callum McDonald (April 2016-January 2017)
Broadway[]
- F. Michael Haynie (March 2017–January 2018)
First National Tour[]
- Matt Wood (September 2018–October 2019)
Second National Tour[]
- Sam St. Jean (January 1, 2020–January 2022)
- Nic Mains (January 2022–June 19, 2022)
Australia[]
- Jake Fehily
- Jaxon Graham Wilson
Italy[]
- Davide Marchese
Oslo[]
- Kristoffer Olsen
Brazil[]
- Isidoro Gubnitsky
- Rodrigo Spinosa
- Vinícius Spada
Paris[]
- Adam Sedouki
- Romain Hartmann
Denmark[]
- Christian Collenburg
The Netherlands[]
- Stef Smits
- Tom Wijkamp
- Toon Knuvers
- Tibbe Gerritsema
- Mink Vermeulen
Madrid/Spanish National Tour[]
- Guillermo de Quinto
Belgium[]
- Lloyd Russel
UK and Ireland Tour[]
- Robin Simoes da Silva
Japan[]
- Ryunosuke Kuroiwa
- Reisa Goto