25th Anniversary Celebrations
To celebrate Stagecoaches 25th Anniversary, 3500 children will perform Andrew Lloyd Webbers 'Cats The Musical'in the Birmingham National Indoor Arena on March 24, 2013. In association with 'The Really Useful Group', 3500 children from across Europe will join a virtual choir of many international Stagecoach students to perform the biggest production of the musical ever seen. The virtual choir is an addition to a 500 strong live choir, and to accompany the choir and the rest of the students is a full size orchestra and 16 selected soloists. 35 Stagecoach franchises across the UK will perform the show on 7 'stages' around the arena, with each school taking it in turns to portray a small section of the musical. In addition to this, 52 selected elite dancers, including 14 solo dancers taking the named parts, will perform the whole musical on a raised stage in the centre of the arena. The Really Useful Group, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Veronica Bennets, Stephanie Manuel and Paul Leddington Wright all contributed and collabirated to bring this production together.
New Stagecoach logos and special 25th anniversary logos were also released as part of the celebrations. Many celebrities involved either with Stagecoach or with general theatre and musicals have wished Stagecoach luck in the performance of Cats, including Ruthie Henshall, Tom Fletcher and Dani Harmer.
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