musicals and operas review

High School Musical

The American High School Theatre Festival

It's cheesy, it's predictable, but my god it's catchy! Beloved by tweens the world over, this is the story of the basketball jock and the beautiful maths geek brought together by their love of musicals. But will their love be foiled by their respective cliques and the bitchy blonde drama queen who urge them to "stick to the status quo"? I think you can probably hazard a guess. Packed with dance-your-socks-off tunes and quite dazzling choreography, this is everything a musical should be. The set was also quite unbelievable for what is essentially a school production, God bless those hard-working American moms! Slick as a professional ensemble, save your money on the West End version and go and see this one.

Church Hill Theatre, Aug 15-17 and 20, times vary, £6.00 (£4.00), fpp 173

tw rating: 4/5

published: Aug-2008

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