In essence, this show features an excellent, well-directed cast and a superb songbook – so yes bring back the good times but with perhaps a less crude and lightweight script.

Fame beckons for our heroine (in Torquay, naturally) contrasting with a summer season at Butlins for her beau, keeping them far apart. Set in 1961, emotions are running high as teenage musicians Norman and Bobby both compete to win a national song-writing competition and, more importantly, the hearts of their adoring female sweethearts.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Laura tries to remind Bobby about their songwriting commitment but to no avail, since all his time is dedicated to Sue. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.And once again, we follow the fortunes of Bobby, Laura, Sue, Norman, and the gang as they navigate the trials and occasional tribulations that punctuate their young lives. Bobby's father announces that the Youth Club association is holding the first National song writing competition. The band were well drilled, tight and exciting and I was particularly impressed with the lady backing singers wielding the saxes, which made me realise every band should have them.

Bobby, Laura, Norman, Sue and the gang get back together for the follow-on musical inspired by the million selling albums. This blockbuster of a show is the follow-on musical extravaganza that takes up where the other story ended, sometime in the late 1950s. There's a national song writing competition and emotions run high as talented young musicians Norman and Bobby compete to win the competition, win the hearts of their fans and win Laura's heart.

Featuring over 40 pop hits from the fifties and sixties, Dreamboats and Petticoats is the feel-good musical to end them all. 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.

Bringing On Back The Good Times is filled with wit, charm and songs from the golden era of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Bringing On Back The Good Times features the original characters from Dreamboats and Petticoats and features the same wit, charm, and songs from the golden era of Rock ’n’ Roll.Featuring songs from Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Neil Sedaka, Eddie Cochran, Dion, Del Shannon and many more, including Let’s Dance, To Know Him Is To Love Him, Shaking All Over, Bobby’s Girl, Little Town Flirt, Only Sixteen, Runaround Sue, Happy Birthday Sweet 16, Let it Be Me, Let’s Twist Again and many more hits from music’s golden era! Mark was hardly out of the charts from August 1960 until the end of 1963, during which time he had nine singles chart hits and spent an extraordinary 80 weeks in the hit parade. Hit recording star of Venus in Blue Jeans, Go Away Little Girl, It’s Almost Tomorrow and many more, Mark Wynter, will continue with the company of established Dreamboats and Petticoats favourites from the past fifteen years. The musical, featuring those songs of the rock 'n' roll era, is set around the years 1957 to 1963 [1] and was written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.