Pop band Busted have invited teenagers to a theatre summer school to premiere their new jukebox musical, before it is performed in the West End.

Busted guitarist James Bourne has co-written the musical What I Go To School For about the group’s rise to fame and fortune. The first performances will be staged by around 40 members of Youth Music Theatre (YMT) in Brighton this weekend.

James Bourne, who recently reformed Busted, explained: “Our aim is to try and create a show that can last forever.” The musical will showcase songs like Air Hostess, Crashed the Wedding and Year 3000, which were among the eight singles Busted released between 2002-04, all reaching the top three in the UK.

James Bourne has written the show with collaborator Elliot Davis. The pair’s first musical was Loserville, which was staged by YMT in 2009 before going on to the West End and being nominated for an Olivier Award. According to Bourne: “The show quite accurately tells the story of the band from 2001 to 2005, though some characters are real and some characters are made-up versions of real people. Eventually it would be nice to open in the West End after we’ve had more time to develop.”

As well as working on the musical, James Bourne has been back in the recording studio with Busted after a break of 10 years, with a new Busted album due for release later this year.

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