Toy Show the musical will still hit right note
Tubs wishes stage production well ahead of debut
RTE star Ryan Tubridy said he hopes Toy Show The Musical producers have put “proper thought and planning” into it – but isn’t worried it will damage the TV show’s brand.
The new production inspired by the much-loved annual TV event opens on December 10 at The Convention Centre in Dublin.
It will feature some of Ireland’s most well-known actors and follow a young girl’s Toy Show journey.
TV host Ryan said: “I’ve nothing to do with that.
“I don’t believe it will go wrong. You know, I think it will be great and I wish them well, but it is an endeavour.
“I don’t think they would do it without proper thought and planning and getting it right, so I hope they do that.”
Derry Girls and Bridgerton star Jamie Beamish and Fair City’s Clare Barrett will lead the stage show.
A statement on the musical from RTE said: “We are thrilled to honour the Toy Show and all of the joy and magic that it inspires across Ireland every year with this new creation, telling the story of one little family and their adventures on Toy Show night, through the eyes of a child.”
Ryan added: “We made it quite clear – I said it on the TV show – I am not involved, I’m not in it. I wish everyone well in it.
“I couldn’t be clearer in that respect.
All my focus is on the Toy Show this year.”
The 49-year-old previously said how this year’s show will be “important” for a number of reasons.
He added: “I think people are going to be suffering economically, and they’re going to need the most beautiful and enormous hug, as a family on the couch.”