THE music of Stock Aitken Waterman provided the soundtrack for a generation, with hits from Kylie, Rick Astley, Jason Donovan, Bananarama and more. Now the era-defining music is making its way to the stage, in the world premiere of the official Stock Aitken Waterman musical, I Should Be So Lucky, coming to Theatre Royal Plymouth from December 4-6.
We caught up with the Hit Factory's Pete Waterman, to discuss making a move into musical theatre, the enduring appeal of the SAW catalogue and why now is the right time to bring the songs to the stage.
There must have been many people wanting to make a musical using the Stock Aitken Waterman songs over the years. Why is now the right time?
I'd previously worked with a couple of people on it, but I think we'd never seen a story that was of any interest to us. Nobody came up with a story that we thought was emotional enough - they are very emotional songs and I think people didn't get that.
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