ATTENTION High School Musical fans, fancy singing along to “Breaking Free” with Troy and Gariella? Well on the 24th January 2008 you can as High School Musical hits a theatre near you, playing in 29 UK venues and touring for 11 months - it’s going to be one long party!
Adapted for the stage and including two new musical numbers written for the tour, any die hard High School Musical fan will not want to miss this - see the action of your favorite film come to life right in front of your eyes.
The cast has been chosen, the venues booked - High School Musical is nearly here and what better way to start the new year!

Following Bromley, High School Musical will visit Stoke-on-Trent, Norwich, Edinburgh, York, Wolverhampton, Woking, Leicester, Southend-on-Sea, Nottingham, Bradford, Southampton, Hull, Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Wimbledon, Manchester, Bristol, Newcastle, Glasgow, Oxford, Liverpool, Canterbury, Northampton, Belfast, Aberdeen, Plymouth, Cardiff and Leeds, where it finishes the year on 6 December 2008.

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Bonnie Langford’s niece Summer Strallen has only just begun her stint on Hollyoaks (a channel four soap which is a popular with teens and hungover students on a sunday morning), now she may be set to join the cast of The Sound of Music in London’s West End.
Summer is no stranger to the bright lights of the West End as she has recently appeared in the toe-tapping forties style comedy ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ and starred in the popular ‘Cats’ and ‘Guys and Dolls’. We’ve heard on the grapevine that Summer may possibly be taking over from “How Do You Solve A problem Like Maria” winner Connie Fisher when she finishes her contact in February 2008.
If you want to know all the gossip about Summer’s jump from small screen to the stage - keep checking back here.

For those who can’t place a face to the name, here is a clip from Hollyoaks backstage.

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Stuck for gift ideas? Well look no further than Show and Stay! Whether you want to treat a loved one or just fancy treating yourself, we have THE Christmas gift package to suit any stocking.

Step one: choose a show
From the shining colours of Joseph’s coat to the wild plains of Africa in the Lion King, we have all the TOP West End shows for you to choose from. Dads, mums, daughters and sons - we have something for everyone.

Step two: choose your hotel and pre-theatre dinner.
We have a delightful range of two star to five star hotels in London and a mouthwatering selection of pre-theatre restaurants to sample.

Step Three: Adding an attraction.
Whether you want to see iconic London attractions or get in the festive spirit we have something for you. As Christmas is nearly upon us we have a great selection of festive attractions to add on to your package, including ice skating at the Tower of London and festive fun at Winter Wonderland Hyde Park.

Christmas in London is simply magical and chock-a-block with festive attractions, from Spitalfields Winter Festival to Trafalgar Square Tree Lighting - check out our Christmas events in London page for more information on these activities.

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Love Grease? Well hold on to your Pink Ladies and T-Birds jackets as Grease 2 might be in town! If sources are correct, David Ian has brought the rights to Grease 2 and plans to put it on stage late 2008 - exciting stuff huh!

Make sure you keep checking back here for more information on Grease 2 in the West End so you can “”score, ore, ore, ore, ore, ore” yourself some tickets asap!

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Good old Denise has never really been able to keep her opinions to herself, this time she attacked ITV and more specifically Grease Is The Word.

Denise believes that ITV were more interested in ratings than “nurturing talent” for the West End and that they did not provide appropriate care for unsuccessful contestants.

Fair enough Grease is the Word had a few minor (when I say minor I mean MINOR) celebrities in the competition but I don’t think that is worthy of the ‘nurturing talent’ comment. Yes compared to Any Dream Will Do, Grease Is The Word did look very cheesy, tacky and geared for ratings - BUT they are both reality TV talent shows, if one choses to play on it’s genre to get ratings so be it. After all it’s the people at home who are going to go and watch the musical so why not grab as many fans as you can, besides I think everyone deserves a fair crack at the whip, Z-list celebrity or not!

As for the ‘care comment’ - who knows, I do hope that all unsuccessful contestants have some sort of support - from ITV, family or friends

One has to wonder though, Denise is now staring in RENT at the Duke OF Yorks Theatre and may be appearing as a judge in Webber’s possible new talent show to find the lead for “My Fair Lady” - PUBLICITY… ANYONE?

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Well it seems I was right about Bad Girls The Musical, after ONE MONTH the show is due to close!

…… “I can't really see the gritty fights having the same emotion and drama when sung full pelt in a theatrical fashion, the reality of the situation is lost in the translation from TV to stage.” 20th August…….

I guess the riots and gritty storylines didn’t really have the same effect in the West End at they did on TV and Jim Fenner’s menacing stare must have melted under the stage lights.

West End producers are going to have to start searching in other directions for musical ideas as it would seem that the TV series adaptation idea died a death along with the Larkfield Prison inmates.

COME ON GUYS, GET SOME BETTER IDEAS!!

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Exciting news winter lovers - you can now add an ice skating attraction to your theatre break package! Fancy getting festive and cutting some shapes in the ice? Well now you can at three of the hottest skating sites in London - Greenwich, Kew Gardens and The Tower of London are all available with Show and Stay packages.

What better way to get in the festive mood than feeling the cold air in your face whilst you glide around on an outdoor ice rink, or skate at night under the glow of festive lights. Not one for skating? Well then why not sip on some mulled wine or some steaming hot chocolate and watch your loved one wobble on the ice!

Ice skating is perfect for a romantic break, birthday treat or for just spoiling the family - after all tis the season to be skating fa la la la la la la la la!

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Jealous of those Yanks in New York who get to ice skate and enjoy the Christmas festivities in Central Park? Well us Brits have something to rival their jollification this year as the Winter Wonderland extravaganza is coming to our very own Hyde Park, excited? You’d better be!

The famous Hyde Park is going to be decked out this season with an ice skating rink (London’s largest outdoor rink to be exact), a German Christmas market, a giant observation wheel, a bungy dome, rides and much much more! We also hear that Santa Claus has swapped his cosy log cabin in the south pole for the bright lights of London - don’t be surprised if you catch a glimpse of him wandering around Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland.

Show and Stay have teamed up with the Winter Wonderland extravaganza this year to bring you the ultimate theatre break - you can add this glorious excursion to a show of your choice to make an amazing day out, why not get all festive at Hyde Park before being dazzled by a West End show.

What better way to get in the Christmas spirit than a visit to this merry event, I for one shall be sampling some mulled wine and trying my hand at the ice skating, or ice falling in my case!

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