The countdown is on until the biggest Summer Holiday of the year, when the smash hit brand new stage musical arrives in Chester.
Based on the iconic 1960’s film of the same name, which starred Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Summer Holiday will include all of the Number One hits from the movie, plus some additional Cliff Richard classics.
The famous red double-decker bus will be stopping off at Storyhouse in Chester between Tuesday 11 September and Saturday 15 September. There will be matinee performances on the Wednesday and Saturday at 2.30pm.
Taking on the lead role of Don made famous by Cliff Richard, is singer-songwriter Ray Quinn from Liverpool. Ray shot to fame as the runner-up in ITV1’s The X Factor in 2006. This spurned a career in both music and of late musicals, with his debut album, Doing it My Way, entering the charts at Number 1, and quickly gaining Platinum status.
Ray is perhaps best known of late for taking double honours on ITV1’s hugely successful show Dancing On Ice, winning for the first time in 2009 and then again on Dancing on Ice: Champion of Champions in 2014. Ray’s theatre credits include Danny Zuko in Grease (West End), Dirty Dancing (West End), Legally Blonde (UK Tour), and most recently The Wedding Singer (UK Tour).
Summer Holiday tells the story of Don and his fellow London Transport mechanics as they journey together in a red double-decker bus through Paris, The Alps, Italy and Greece. Along the way they pick up a girl singing group and a young American pop star who is on the run from her domineering mother!
This hit-filled musical features many of 1960’s biggest songs including In the Country, Summer Holiday, Travellin’ Light, Bachelor Boy, Move It, Living Doll, The Young Ones and On the Beach.
Tickets for Summer Holiday are on sale now and can be purchased at www.summerholidaythemusical.co.uk
