Gossip: Busted star bringing Gareth Gates to West End?
Posted on 11 June 2012
Former Busted and Son Of Dork member James Bourne's new musical Loserville is set to open at the West Yorkshire Playhouse later this month with a view to a West End transfer. The show stars ex Pop Idol runner-up heartthrob Gareth Gates as well as Rock School star Lil' Chris and Eastenders actor Aaron Sidwell.
Written by Bourne and Elliot Davis the show will also feature Inkheart actress Eliza Hope Bennett and Legally Blonde touring cast member Charlotte Horwell. Musically inspired by Bourne's second group Son Of Dork's album Welcome To Loserville, the 1971-set show follows computer geek Michael Dork through the trials and tribulations of crushing on girls and dealing with rich kid bullies whilst he is inventing something that may change the world as we know it. Sidwell stars as Michael Dork while Gates plays Eddie, Michael's nemesis who will tread on anyone to get to the top.