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The Brighton Centre bring Playhouse Disney favourites to life in an all-new special show

Come and join the fun at The Brighton Centre as characters from four popular Playhouse Disney TV shows appear live on stage for an unforgettable musical celebration. Produced by Feld Entertainment, Playhouse Disney Live! brings all the colourful characters usually just seen on television to life. Youngsters will not want to miss the chance to see their favourites from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Little Einsteins, My Friends Tigger & Pooh and Handy Manny.

The fun starts with the iconic Mickey Mouse. He’s hosting a musical party at the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and everyone’s invited! The Playhouse Disney Postess delivers party invitations to all of Mickey’s Playhouse Disney pals with the audience in tow.

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Reality TV has a lot to answer for. There’s been largely forgettable one-hit wonders emerge from the likes of Pop Idol and The X Factor, but cast your mind back to 2002 when Pop Stars: The Rivals graced our screens. It was boys versus girls and while the name of the boy band has slipped off everyone’s radar, the girl band that emerged are still going strong today. They are Girls Aloud and they have successfully managed to leave their ‘wannabe’ roots behind to emerge as superstars.

In 2007, the Guinness Book of World Records listed them as the Most Successful Reality TV Group, while the 2008 edition lists them as having: The Most Consecutive Top 10 Entries in the UK by a Female Group.

Now, the fab five are back with a new single and fab new tour, appearing at the Brighton Centre on Tuesday 13 May. Latest 7 went along to the Radio Reverb fundraiser auction last month and bid to bag a pair of tickets to Girls Aloud in Brighton. Now, dear readers, we are offering the pair of tickets to you – no bidding and no payment required. Just answer the entry question below and you could be going to see Girls Aloud at the Brighton Centre. You and a friend could find yourselves sitting in the front row of the balcony, with a fantastic central view to the stage. What are you waiting for? You’ve got to be in it to win it!

To be in with a chance of winning tickets to see girls Aloud at the Brighton Centre on Tuesday 13 May, tell us:
What language do Girls Aloud claim not to speak in their new single?

To be in with a chance of winning, email competitions@thelatest.co.uk with ‘Girls Aloud tickets’ in the subject line. Leave your answer to the question in the body of the email, along with your name, address and telephone number. Alternatively, write to us at the address on the contact page.

Closing date for entries: Monday 5 May 2008.

UPDATE: Please visit our update for the Life Makeover Show 2008

Discover a whole new you in just one day with the Life Makeover Show taking place this April.

The Life Makeover Show comes to Hove Town Hall on Saturday 26 April, from 10am–5pm. This is a new event for everyone wishing to improve their health, career, finances or relationships. Showcasing the very best life coaches, self development practitioners and consultants, plus other services that will enhance or enrich your life, there is something for everyone!

Come along to the Life Makeover Show and you’ll see a range of different approaches from over 30 exhibitors including life coaches, acupuncturists, hypnotherapists, personal trainers and nutritionists – with many offering free tasters and free competitions.

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Lyric – the all singing all dancing board-game

Hello, my name is Andrew Kay and I am a board-game addict. Yes I admit my favourite pastime is playing board-games (I can get excited about jigsaws too but keep it under your hat). My favourites are Scrabble, Catan and Acquire, I know, what an anorak, but I am fully aware that for most people they are just too… well too complex.

Lyric is the opposite – in so many ways. For a start it’s easy to get the hang of. I read the instructions twice and had the measure of it. It’s easy to set up too. The idea is to test your knowledge of song lyrics but in a variety of ways. You may be asked to complete a lyric, name or date a song, sing the next line… I can feel a few of you shifting uneasily. Don’t, there are also lots of other types of lyric based questions – you can doodle a song, mime a title in the fashion of charades or simply use your general knowledge. The game is board based and teams use counters to progress, answering questions dictated by the colour of note you land on. There are dice that dictate elements of how some questions are answered and for my favourite, the gold note question, a timer. In 45 seconds you have to think of a lyric containing one of a sequence of six words which you are given, one at a time as you solve each word. I promise you, it’s hysterical and tough.

You’ll love Lyric, featuring the lyrics to your life…

The greatest feature of this game is that it is terrific ice breaking fun. Okay, someone may hate singing, but before long everyone was joining in. And as there is no CD karaoke- style element so who knows how bad you are or who cares? As a game for a larger party it’s excellent as team play is encouraged. I loved it and so did my pop picking friends. In the tradition of Juke Box Jury it’s a Hit, or as Janice Nicholls would say on Thank Your Lucky Stars, “Oi’ll give it foive”.

Competition

You’ve heard them… you know them… but can you recall them?

1. In the classic Queen song, which seven words follow… “I see a little silhouetto of a man…”
2. Where was ‘she working’ when ‘he met her’ in Human League’s ‘Don’t You Want Me?’
3. Which musical instrument is mentioned in Abba’s ‘Dancing Queen’?
4. Which Oasis song begins with the word ‘Today’?
5. Which building is situated at the end of Lonely Street?

We have two copies of Lyric to give away as prizes. Simply send the answer to question five above to competitons@thelatest.co.uk

Lyric Vision is £24.99 and is available from Gamleys, Tesco, John Lewis, Amazon and all good toy retailers

Lyric answers
1 Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango. 2 In a cocktail bar.
3 Tambourine. 4 Wonderwall. 5 ? If you think you know, enter our comeptition.