This edition features an expanded booklet and photography, including liner notes on the era from the author of the 'Dreamboats' book, Brian Southall.

Bobby's father announces that the Youth Club association is holding the first National song writing competition. The show is written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, the team behind Goodnight Sweetheart, Birds of a Feather, The New Statesmen and Shine On Harvey Moon, and features songs from Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Neil Sedaka, Eddie Cochran, Dion, Del Shannon and many more. Once Upon a Dream’ is the magical song - and film - that inspired this year’s album, as all the songs have been selected to bring back golden memories from a simpler time.Whenever you see a musical production with Bill Kenwright's name on it you know you can expect the best in musical productions!

The teenagers that hang out at Youth Club all know each other, even if they're not necessarily friends. or The Sound of Music, and in the first half the production has energy on its side and a young, sock-it-to-'em cast. Graham Gouldman has written some of the biggest pop hits, from Bus Stop for The Hollies in the 1960's to I’m Not In Love and Rubber Bullets, which he co-wrote for his band 10cc in the 1970's, to McFly's I’ve Got You. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love.

Playing to over two million people worldwide since first premiering in 2009, new musical Dreamboats and Petticoats glides in to London’s Wyndham’s Theatre for a strictly limited season. Dreamboats and Petticoats features the real story behind the popular songs and performers of the Fifties and early Sixties on which the musical Dreamboats and Petticoats is based. Inspired by the smash hit multi-million selling albums Dreamboats and Petticoats One, Two, Three, Four and Five, the West End sell out sensation Dreamboats and Petticoats The Musical features some of the greatest hit songs of the Rock ‘n’ Roll era.

Brian Berg, the managing director of Universal Music TV (UMTV) and director of Universal Music UK, reportedly saw a niche in the market for older audiences who preferred the music of their teenage years in comparison to the seemingly inaccessible youth-driven playlists on current radio stations. He added, "As kids growing up in the Sixties we all played in bands, I was a drummer in The Sound Barrier, the greatest unsigned band of the Sixties.I never cease to be amazed at the wealth of young talent that has come through the pandemic and burst forth like a dormant seed frozen for far too long in some ice-bound tundra, but now visibly germinating in a post-covid spring. You've got to hand it to Bill Kenwright and Laurie Mansfield – like gold rush pioneers they struck a rich vein of audience back in 2009 with their first ‘Dreamboats and Petticoats’ – a musical celebration of 1950s and 60s rock and pop. And in the wake of this societal revolution is the wartime generation of bewildered and resentful adults, wondering what the hell they fought for during those dreadful years that irrevocably left their stain on the 20th century. Yes, it’s a long-lost England in which the generational void is not so much a gap more a yawning chasm. For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered.

Also joining, as front man Norman in the band ‘ Norman and The Conquests,’ is Joseph Lukehurst ( A Midsummer Night’s Dream).Inspired by Universal’s multimillion selling album series which now boasts seven double compilation albums and a myriad of one off special releases! Wanted a CD but not one with the original tracks and although I'm not a fan of recordings with applause, it didn't seem to matter. this show is a delight from start to finish with an excellent cameo by a familiar face of the 60s Mark Wynter - and he's still got charisma! The choreography by Carole Todd is engaging and accurate – from the ‘Shadows’ dance steps of the guitarists to the hands in the air ‘Stop!