GET ready to pull on some leg-warmers, jump on the nearest car and raise your hands in the air as the hit musical Fame explodes onto the stage at The Orchard Theatre in Dartford.

Featuring a cast of talented youngsters aged nine to 19, the show is the fruit of the theatre's two week Summer Youth Project, which offers budding young actors, singers and dancers the chance to work with a professional director and choreographer.

Fame follows the lives of students at New York's School of the Performing Arts through their four-year course.

As well as a moving story of life and relationships, the show features classic songs which will have you dancing in the aisles and making you "want to live forever."

Fame. The Orchard Theatre, Home Gardens, Dartford. August 5 to August 7. Call 01322 220000 or visit orchardtheatre.co.uk