Old school performance has audience on its feet

Some say reticent Chinese audiences are the hardest to please but maybe High School Musical, a Shanghai stage show based on the hit film, has broken this myth.

It seems local audiences just needed a dose of that old-fashioned theatrical trick of actors singing and dancing in the aisles.

High School Musical's storyline is the same as the trilogy's first installation, which follows basketball player Troy, math-whiz Gabriella and their high school fellows, who chase their dreams.