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Adam King, who captured the nation's heart with his Hug For You on Toy Show 2020, is set to beam in for a very special appearance in Toy Show the Musical. Adam King became an instant sensation following his appearance on The Late Late Toy Show RTE has announced they will be make their coveted Toy Show into a musical - but Ryan Tubridy will not be taking part. This is going to blow people's minds. I don’t think anyone’s going to expect what we’re going to roll out here. It’s led by a staggering creative team. By any standards, they’re world-class. They are phenomenal." The theme for this year’s extravaganza was festive film Elf and it was a magical night of song, dance, laughter, toys, special moments and festive fun. McTaggart, Maeve (16 November 2022). "Adam King among beloved Toy Show stars set to join musical cast". Sunday World . Retrieved 16 November 2022.

Tubridy, who was The Late Late Show’s presenter for 14 years, has wished Kielty well ahead of Friday night. Who better to paint a verbal picture of what can be expected at The Auditorium in Dublin’s Convention Centre than the principal people most directly involved? As well as producers Jane and Katherine, there’s director Séimí Campbell. Mallon, Sandra (14 October 2022). "RTE's Toy Show The Musical makes a major announcement about lead roles". Irish Mirror . Retrieved 6 November 2022. While it will be a very different to the TV show, at its heart it's a story about family, tradition and how the magic of the Toy Show brings the whole world together each year for one truly amazing night.”So, what did you think when you first heard that RTÉ was producing something called Toy Show The Musical? Kielty said he had not asked his wife, TV presenter Cat Deeley, for advice on the Toy Show, nor their two sons, aged five and seven, who will be watching from home. Toy Show The Musical casts three new stars in the lead role". RTÉ News. 17 October 2022 . Retrieved 6 November 2022. In May 2022, RTÉ announced its intention to stage its first musical based on The Late Late Toy Show, [12] engaging Lisa Tierney-Keogh as playwright, Séimí Campbell as director, RuthAnne Cunningham and Harry Blake as the composer, Sarah Travis as musical supervisor and orchestrator, James Cousins as choreographer, Colin Richmond as set and costume designer and Paul Keogan as lighting designer. [13] [14]

Alex Hughes, who delighted the entire country playing the Star Wars theme on bagpipes on the Toy Show in 2017, has also been added to the impressive cast. I don't think we realise how massive this Matilda movie is and how dubliner Alicia Weir is the lead of it!! Hyland, Claire (4 October 2022). "Roll it there Jamie! Derry Girls' star lands lead in Toy Show, The Musical". Evoke.ie . Retrieved 6 November 2022. Kielty became the host of RTE’s flagship late-night programme The Late Late Show in September, taking over from former star presenter Ryan Tubridy.

Last night, Patrick Kielty presented his first Late Late Toy Show and it’s safe to say, it was a roaring success.

Last night on the Late Late Show, the broadcaster announced a musical about the Toy Show will take to the stage this Christmas. The magic for me is always on the sofa, that was the version of the story I workshopped for the week. It was quite a special week and we landed somewhere at the end that felt was an interesting starting point. The Toy Show wouldn’t have been the Toy Show without the tireless work of Elfish Presley, always on hand to help out. It’s the tradition of Toy Show that the show’s about. We can never give them Toy Show. They’re not coming to see Toy Show live. We’re doing a musical about celebrating the tradition, and the tradition that we all own. And we are all a part of it.

I think it was the tradition that my head was initially drawn to. How do we celebrate that bonkers tradition?" I think then you’ll see the care, from everyone involved so far. Everyone wants to protect this thing that we all feel really strongly about. We all know it. And we can’t harm it. We have to only complement it - the actual show itself." Where it’s heading... O'Connor, Ruth (7 November 2022). "Preview: Toy Show The Musical has perfect recipe to become an instant Christmas classic". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 7 July 2023. Kielty knows he cannot compete with the eyes-on-stalks jolliness Tubridy brought and doesn’t try. An opening song and dance number featuring kids from the Spotlight Stage School is less ambitious than the extravaganzas of the Tubridy era. There’s a sobering note too, as Kielty references the recent violence in Dublin. I think, weirdly, all presenters can only be themselves – whether you’re hosting The Late Late Show or whether you’re hosting the Toy Show. And so for me, it’s about going out there and trying to be as much me as I can and see what happens.”

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We’re not replicating the television show, we’re celebrating the tradition of that television show." Moriarty, Aoife (7 October 2022). "RTÉ Toy Show The Musical: Everything you need to know ahead of December premiere". Buzz.ie . Retrieved 5 November 2022. Freya reminded viewers of the beautiful innocence that comes with being a child, and she won the hearts of the nation for many reasons. In the run-up, the newcomer said he wasn’t trying to go toe-to-toe with Tubs. “This isn’t my show, this is the kids’ show, and this show belongs to everybody, Irish home and abroad,” the host said at a press conference earlier. He described the Late Late as a seasonal coming together – an “Irish Thanksgiving.” The Toy Show wouldn’t be Toy Show without hordes of chirruping children. It seems inevitable that the broadcast will start with Over the Rainbow, Harold Arlen’s Depression-era song about finding happiness in bleak times. “Escapism, love, courage, friendship and unity will feature as key undertones of this year’s themed show,” says RTÉ – which makes it sound as if Tubridy is going to arrive wearing a OneLove armband. Good for him if he does.

The story involves one little girl's Toy Show adventure as she and her family prepare for the biggest night of their lives. It's a story about family, tradition and how the magic of the Toy Show brings the whole world together each year for one truly amazing night. It’s everyone’s obsession now. I think you have to be a bit mad to go down this road of a new Irish musical.After a decade in radio, she moved into television, first as a producer with Claire Byrne Live and then The Late Late Show, becoming the Series Producer of the show in 2019. It’s an energetic opening from Kielty – though perhaps not quite the tinsel thunderstorm his predecessor whipped up each November on the Toy Show. In place of Ryan Tubridy’s beloved Xmas jumpers, his successor arrives, yellow tights and all, dressed as Will Ferrell from Elf – tonight’s broadcast doubling as a tribute/shameless plug for the movie which marks its 20th anniversary this year (and cough, cough, is returning to cinema). RTÉ director general Dee Forbes subsequently described “attempts by some to pit Toy Show the Musical against other productions” as being “at odds with the broad support we have received from the theatre world”. It is an obsession - I don’t mind admitting that now. It’s all-consuming. It has to be! It’s bigger than myself and Katherine, it’s this fantastic creative team. Four incredible Toy Show TV stars are set to join in the brand-new RTÉ production, Toy Show the Musical.