High School Musical Tickets

High School Musical is hitting the stage this Autumn in London, so it’s time to getcha head in the game and remember the lyrics of a generation. It’s been 20 years, so here’s a reminder of exactly why the Disney Channel Original Movie was such a success, with songs like ‘Breaking Free,’ ‘Stick to the Status Quo,’ and ‘We’re All In This Together,’ the stage adaptation coming to the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre is well overdue.  High School Musical songs (in order) Act One 1. Wildcat Cheer Wildcats, resist the urge to sing a-long. It’s new year at East High, with big things coming up for the Wildcats, particularly the league championship game.  2. Start of Something New Troy and Gabriella meet fatefully, when they are pushed onto a stage for an impromptu karaoke performance. The chemistry between them and their natural talent for singing is undeniable. The song marks quite literally the start of something new within them both, a passion for singing, something neither of them have ever pursued before.  3. Get’cha Head in the Game A fan-favourite of all High School Musical songs has to be Get’cha Head in the Game. Wildcats’ captain, Troy, with his new found talent and passion for singing is distracted at basketball practice. He wants to try something new and audition for the musical, but it’s throwing his game. And there’s a certain girl on his mind too. The song is an intense dance number with basketball at the center of the choreography. 4. Auditions The thespians take the stage, head to head with the harshest critic in East High, Ms Darbus, the head of the drama department.  5. What I’ve Been Looking For The iconic duo, twins and duet partners, Sharpay and Ryan wow Ms Darbus with their boppy rendition of ‘What I’ve Been Looking For.’ Their audition is high energy, full jazz hands, and threatening to the non-thespian type; not quite how Kelsi (the composer of the school’s musical) envisioned her song performed.  6. What I’ve Been Looking For (Reprise) Gabriella and Troy sneak into the audition room and last minute want to give it a go themselves. With Ms Darbus’ strict time keeping rules, they are dismissed, but Kelsi gives them a chance to sing her song the way she hoped to hear it. Gabriella and Troy’s chemistry and talent is undeniable, tempting Ms Darbus to give them one last chance. Callbacks.  7. Cellular Fusion  The first of ‘new’ High School Musical songs is Cellular Fusion, not in the original Disney movie, but is a crucial part of the storytelling for the stage. Word spreads across East High, with numerous texts and phone calls dishing the unexpected gossip that the Troy Bolton and new girl, Gabriella Montez are going head to head with Sharpay and Ryan at the callback auditions.  8. Stick to the Status Quo The final song of High School Musical Act 1, where tensions are high at East High as more and more students reveal their guilty pleasures. Zeke, basketball player who loves to bake, mathlete Martha loves to pop and lock and jam and break, a skaterdude who plays the cello! East High has truly gone mad. The Jocks, Brainiacs and Skaterdudes want to keep things as they are, and tell these rebels to stick to the status quo. Everyone and everything has a place in high school

20 years since Disney Channel's hit film graced the millions of living rooms of the early 2000s, beginning literally, the 'Start of Something New', and propelling Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens into a merchandise canon of bedroom posters, cardboard cutouts, singing barbies, and T-shaped jewellery (I admit I was a proud owner of this fine piece of Claire's jewellery tat), High School Musical London prepares for the West End stage.  Two decades on Troy Bolton, Gabriella Montez, and Sharpay Evans remain household names for the kids of the nineties and noughties and any parent who had to indulge in recreated at-home performances of 'Gotta Go My Own Way' (just me???). And now, after Olivia Rodrigo has reprised the role for TV, in true meta fashion, playing an East High student auditioning for a school production of HSM, Rodrigo's reprise comes full circle as we anticipate the West End arrival of High School Musical this autumn. For now, we dive into the iconic Wildcats who first bopped this ever-growing franchise right to the top! 

It’s the start of something new this autumn, with High School Musical coming to London in a brand-new stage production at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre. Here’s what you’ve been looking for, a sneak peek into the rehearsal room of course.