Dundalk's St Vincent's students set to take musical to the stage

The students of St Vincent's Secondary School Transition Year are practising hard ahead of their musical Rock of Ages: High School Edition.

The students will perform their school show in An Táin Arts Centre in Dundalk on March 7th and 8th at 7pm.

Rock Ages: High School Edition captures the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard.

Aqua Net, Lycra and Heavy Metal flow freely at one of the Sunset Strip's last legendary venues, a place where legendary rocker Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and groupies line up for their chance at an autograph.

Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and resident toilet cleaner) Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing (and longs for small-town girl Sherri, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes). But the rock 'n' roll fairy tale is about to end when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled Strip into just another capitalist strip mall.

Can Drew, Sherri and the gang save the strip – and themselves – before it's too late? Only the music of hit bands Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and more can hold the answer.

Rock of Ages: Teen Edition will take the audeince to the times of big bands with big egos playing big guitar solos and sporting even bigger hair! This Tony Award -nominated Broadway musical features the hits of bands including Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister and others.

The talented students of the 2023 Transition Year are taking this show to the stage under the direction of their teachers, Victoria O’Hagan, Dervilia Hargadon and Leanne O’Doherty.

It is an amateur production presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals and was based on the book by Chris D'Arienzo with arrangements and orchestrations by Ethan Popp.  

Tickets, priced at €12 (10.50 plus a 1.50 booking fee), are available to purchase in-person at An Tain box office or via their website www.tain.ie