Hopefuls descend on audition for Take That musical 新聞出處：http://0rz.pixnet.tw/0a2Gd 03.05.07 Dozens of hopefuls tried out for a starring role in the new Take That musical today. Despite not being endorsed by the group, aspiring Robbies and Garys turned up to open auditions for West End show 'Never Forget'. The musical features their greatest hits and is a fictional story about a Take That tribute band. The real Take That have refused to endorse the show - but that did not stop the hopefuls queuing for the auditions in London's Covent Garden. At the head of the queue was Craig Edgley, at 17 the youngest auditionee. He set off from his home in Grantham, Lincs, at 6am, accompanied by mum Jackie. "This is my first ever audition so I am a little bit nervous," said Craig, a student at Brooksby Melton College. "I've come down with my mum, she is a massive Take That fan. "I heard about the auditions when I went to a convention and met Toyah Wilcox and she said 'you should go for this musical, you remind me of Robbie'." Hairdresser Jackie said: "I am very proud of him. He's always loved performing, ever since he was a little boy. "He's only 17 so he doesn't really remember the old Take That songs but he knows the new ones." Craig sang Moon Dance for the judges, who praised his "energy, enthusiasm and spirit." He will find out later today if he will be called back. Jay McManus, 23, originally from Weymouth in Dorset, admitted he prefers rock music to boy bands. "I'm not really a Take That fan, although I respect them because they write their own music. "I'm a lot more into 80s rock, like Billy Idol and Iron Maiden." Jay was hoping to be cast as the Howard Donald or Jason Orange characters. "Gary Barlow is a bit too heavy for me and Mark Owen is a bit too short, so maybe I could be Howard or Jason," he said. Like many of the hopefuls, Jay has some stage experience. He appeared in the Osmonds Christmas Show in the US and Spirit of the Damned in China, but this would be his first West End role. Never Forget opens at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on July 20 and will play Glasgow, Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent and Edinburgh prior to its West End launch. It features the chart hits Relight My Fire, Pray and Back For Good as well as the show's title song. ********************************************************************* That That talent Hunt The Sun Vote for wannabee take that star? The people below all want to be in the forthcoming Take That tribute musical 'Never Forget'. But only one of these lucky people will get the chance. Click on a picture to see them audition and then vote on our e-poll to decide which one will Take That role http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007200590,00.html 恩～ㄟ～阿～還是讓本尊來吧！ --

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