Flashback Friday: Hairspray The Musical in South Wales

This weekend YouTube channel, The Shows Must Go On presents the stage version of Hairspray starring Ariana Grande as Tracy Turnblad.

Musical Theatre fans can Hairspray for free on YouTube via The Shows Must Go On! channel. The presentation will launch on Friday, May 29, at 7pm BST and will be available for 48 hours.

The Shows Must Go On screening of Hairspray follows recent streaming’s of The Sound of Music and several Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals.

Flashback Friday gets into Hairspray mode with several features related to the musical that have played South Wales in recent years! Check out our very own Hairspray The Musical files:

Hairspray, Wales Millennium Centre, August 2017

Rachel Howells reviews the UK Tour of Hairspray at Wales Millennium Centre which featured Rebecca Mendoza, Norman Pace and Layton Williams.

• Read the Hairspray UK Tour review here:

Brenda Edwards discusses playing Motormouth Maybelle in the UK Tour of  Hairspray (2017-18)

• Read Part 1 of Brenda Edwards interview here

• Read Part 2 of Brenda Edwards interview here

Layton Williams discusses playing Seaweed in the UK Tour of Hairspray (2017-18)

• Read Part 1 of the Layton Williams Interview here

• Read Part 2 of the Layton Williams interview here

Norman Pace discusses playing Wilbur Turnblad on the UK Tour of Hairspray (2017-18)

• Read Part 1 of the Norman Pace interview here

• Read Part 2 of the Norman Pace interview here

Newport Musical Theatre group Centrestage Cymru also presented Hairspray back in October 2015 and found themselves with a different type of Hairspray challenge when invited to take part in the BBC consumer affairs show, X-Ray

• Centrestage Cymru Hairspray stars feature on X-Ray (October 2015)