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On Sunday 19th June 2011 Stagecoach students from across the country took part in a very special musical celebration at one of London's most prestigious theatres. Over 250 students performed in this packed extravaganza at Her Majesty's Theatre in the heart of the West End.

The theatre - currently the home of the smash hit musical 'The Phantom of the Opera' -played host to 16 Stagecoach schools from around the UK.

In a packed evening's entertainment the show featured an eclectic mix of musical styles, popular shows and famous songs. Everything, in fact, from musical theatre excerpts such as 'Annie,' 'Anything Goes,' and 'Les Miserables;' to swing, rock, jazz and traditional African music; as well as original work retelling the magical life of Harry Houdini, the legend of Struwelpeter and a modern reimagining of Grimm's fairy tales.

16 Stagecoach Schools were represented in the show from the following areas: Bracknell North, Bridgend, Burton Upon Trent & Ashby de la Zouch, Edgbaston, Hemel Hempstead, High Wycombe & Marlow, Horsham, Islington, Kew, Leeds Morley, Northwood, Putney, Rickmansworth, Uxbridge, Winchester and Wokingham

The programme for the evening ran as follows:

Act One

• Stagecoach Kew with 'Annie - Broadway Junior'


• Stagecoach Putney with 'The Warrior


• Stagecoach Rickmansworth with 'A Musical Journey'


• Stagecoach Islington with 'Urban Animals'


• Stagecoach Wokingham with 'Da Beat'


• Stagecoach Northwood with 'Anything Goes'


• Stagecoach Bracknell North with 'Sister Act Medley'


• Stagecoach Uxbridge with '13'

Act Two

• Stagecoach Burton Upon Trent & Ashby de la Zouch with 'Fire & Flood'


• Stagecoach Hemel Hempstead with 'Glee Style Medley'


• Stagecoach Leeds Morley with 'A Cautionary Tale'


• Stagecoach Edgbaston with 'The Essence of Africa'


• Stagecoach Winchester with 'It's SO Unfair-y Tale'


• Stagecoach Horsham with 'Houdini'


• Stagecoach High Wycombe & Marlow with 'Les Miserables'


• Stagecoach Bridgend with 'Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical'

Well done to all the students who took part!

Photos by Sam Pearce