"It's not the Gene Wilder version and it's certainly not the Johnny Depp version, it's our version" so said 10-year-old co-author Georgia Heinekey before Greenbank Preparatory School's adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
The Year 5 pupils at the top independent primary school in Cheadle Hulme have spent the past six weeks writing their own version of the Roald Dahl classic and, unlike the cinematic pieces, even allowed the great Mr Dahl himself a role, as the narrator.
Greenbank's Head of Drama Adele Firth said: "We start with improvisations, before committing words to paper and then we had six or seven rehearsals to fine tune the piece and the children are right, it's not a copy of either the Mel Stuart or the Tim Burton film."
Georgia was happy to admit, however, "If I had to choose, I'd watch the first version with Gene wilder film. It's funnier."
Elijah Bill who played Roald Dahl said of his alter ego: "He's smart, has a great imagination and makes even the most ludicrous things seem real."
The 45-minute play was received with riotous laughter by parents and friends at the school on Heathbank Road in Cheadle Hulme.