Following rave reviews and a hugely successful season at the West Yorkshire Playhouse last year, the inmates of HMP Larkhall broke out once again as Bad Girls The Musical served time in London’s West End this autumn.

Written by the creators of the award-winning TV series; Bad Girls The Musical featured many of the original inhabitants of G-Wing, including Jim Fenner, Bodybag, Shell Dockley, Nikki Wade, The Two Julies and embattled new Wing Governor Helen Stewart. Never shying from the darker side of prison life, Bad Girls celebrated the warmth, compassion and defiant sense of humour that can sometimes triumph even behind bars.

The original musical score reflected the characteristic blend of hard-hitting drama and heart-warming comedy with a fresh mix of funny and moving songs from ballads to showtime including All Banged Up, One Moment, Jailcraft and Freedom Road.

Bad Girls the Musical featured David Burt as Jim Fenner, Sally Dexter as Yvonne Atkins, Nicole Faraday as Shell Dockely, Laura Rogers as Helen Stewart and Helen Fraser as Sylvia Hollamby.

Nicole Faraday is familiar to fans of the Bad Girls TV programme for her portrayal of Snowball Merriman, while Laura Rogers, who reprised the role of Helen from the West Yorkshire Playhouse musical, was Sheena in season 7 of the TV show.

Helen Fraser of course needs no introduction - she played Sylvia "Bodybag" Hollamby, the screw that fans loved to hate, for all eight series of Bad Girls on ITV1.

Kath Gotts (music and lyrics) is well acquainted with the inmates of Larkhall, having co-written the theme and incidental music for four series of Bad Girls. A former Vivien Ellis Prize finalist, she is currently writing songs for the fictional school musical Parkside Story, to be featured within the next series of Waterloo Road on BBC1.

Maggie Norris (director) has worked as a director, writer and actress and is also Executive Producer on the forthcoming feature film Mrs Ratcliffe’s Revolution starring Iain Glen and Catherine Tate. She most recently directed Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys at WYP.

Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus (book), writers of Bad Girls The Musical, are also the creative team behind Bad Girls and Footballers’ Wives on ITV and the current hit BBC drama Waterloo Road, as well as the much-anticipated Rock Rivals for ITV. After meeting on Coronation Street in 1998 they set up Shed Productions with colleagues Brian Park and Eileen Gallagher.