"Shell Dockley" likes being a Bad Girl

Nicole Faraday, who played Snowball Merriman in the TV series Bad Girls is now appearing as Snowball's enemy Shell Dockley in Bad Girls The Musical, at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End. Interviewed this week on The Soap Show, Nicole reveals how she loves to play a bad girl, and finds "baddie" characters like Snowball and Shell more fun to play than the "goodies".

You can hear the interview now at www.thesoapshow.com

Bad Girls Sylvia Hollamby: Helen Fraser interview

This week's guest on The Soap Show is Helen Fraser, who played Sylvia "Bodybag" Hollamby for all eight series of ITV1's prison drama Bad Girls, and who is now reprising the role for the West End stage.

Helen is starring in Bad Girls The Musical at the Garrick Theatre and the show gives fans the chance to see Sylvia as they have never seen her before! The gritty musical contains some light moments, including a "Fred and Ginger" style number with Sylvia and Fenner, and a hot shoe shuffle!

Hear Helen talk about the show, playing Sylvia, and her 40 year career on The Soap Show from the 17th September.

http://www.thesoapshow.com/

Bad Girls The Musical

Following rave reviews and a hugely successful season at the West Yorkshire Playhouse last year, the inmates of HMP Larkhall are breaking out once again as Bad Girls The Musical serves time in London’s West End.

The production has now opened at the Garrick Theatre on Charing Cross Road.

Written by the creators of the award-winning TV series; Bad Girls The Musical features many of the original inhabitants of G-Wing, including Jim Fenner, Bodybag, Shell Dockley, Nikki Wade, The Two Julies and embattled new Wing Governor Helen Stewart. Never shying from the darker side of prison life, Bad Girls celebrates the warmth, compassion and defiant sense of humour that can sometimes triumph even behind bars.

The original musical score reflects the characteristic blend of hard-hitting drama and heart-warming comedy with a fresh mix of funny and moving songs from ballads to showtime including All Banged Up, One Moment, Jailcraft and Freedom Road.

Bad Girls the Musical will feature David Burt as Jim Fenner, Sally Dexter as Yvonne Atkins, Nicole Faraday as Shell Dockely, Laura Rogers as Helen Stewart and Helen Fraser as Sylvia Hollamby.

Nicole Faraday will be familiar to fans of the Bad Girls TV programme for her portrayal of Snowball Merriman, while Laura Rogers, who reprises the role of Helen from the West Yorkshire Playhouse musical, was Sheena in season 7 of the TV show.

Helen Fraser of course needs no introduction - she played Sylvia "Bodybag" Hollamby, the screw that fans loved to hate, for all eight series of Bad Girls on ITV1.

Kath Gotts (music and lyrics) is well acquainted with the inmates of Larkhall, having co-written the theme and incidental music for four series of Bad Girls. A former Vivien Ellis Prize finalist, she is currently writing songs for the fictional school musical Parkside Story, to be featured within the next series of Waterloo Road on BBC1.

Maggie Norris (director) has worked as a director, writer and actress and is also Executive Producer on the forthcoming feature film Mrs Ratcliffe’s Revolution starring Iain Glen and Catherine Tate. She most recently directed Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys at WYP.

Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus (book), writers of Bad Girls The Musical, are also the creative team behind Bad Girls and Footballers’ Wives on ITV and the current hit BBC drama Waterloo Road, as well as the much-anticipated Rock Rivals for ITV. After meeting on Coronation Street in 1998 they set up Shed Productions with colleagues Brian Park and Eileen Gallagher.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS
Monday to Saturday 7:30pm
Thursday & Saturday matinees at 3.00pm
Tickets priced from £25.00 to £55.00
All preview performance prices reduced by £10.00
Box Office Telephone Number: 0870 890 1104 /0870 040 0083 Garrick Theatre