Meath Youth Musical Society returns to school at Solstice Theatre

Navan recently had the distinction of hosting the Irish premiere 'High School Musical 2" when it was staged by the Meath Youth Musical Society in the Solstice Theatre. The production had a cast of over 40 from Ashbourne, Ratoath, Slane, Trim, Navan and Kells as they set off to Lava Springs for a summer of music, dance, romance and teen rivalry. The production featured all the hit songs from the movie including 'What time is it?", 'Fabulous", 'All for One," 'Work this Out", 'Bet on It" and lots more. The well known characters of Troy and Sharpay were played by Ruairi O"Connor from Ashbourne and Danielle Williamson from Navan, with Katie Flanagan and Conor McIntyre from Trim and Dunboyne respectively as Gabriella and Ryan. Padraic Loughran, more recently Rooster in 'Annie" played the part of the devious hotel manager Mr Fulton. The production follows the group"s success with the original 'High School Musical" and 'Back to the 80s" and has the same director as the recent showstopping 'Annie", Gareth Mahony. The show was choreographed by Erin Kenny and Olivia Toman was the musical director. A full band is also featured and sets were by Enda Nugent.