EVERYBODY loves that man, Bugsy Malone, right?

Now is your chance to see the classic gangster smash hit musical at the Towngate Theatre, Basildon, opening on March 22 until March 24.

The show is brought to you by Rare Productions, the UK’s largest youth musical theatre company.

The company produces full shows on real stages and offers young people the ideal opportunity to work in the widest variety of professional theatres.

It has over 12 years experience and has performed more than 200 productions.

Bugsy Malone ought to need no introduction, but just in case, the story is set around gangster warfare in New York. Dandy Dan's hoodlums terrorise the district, exterminating undesirables with their new weapon splurge guns. His rival is Fat Sam Stacetto, who runs the Grand Slam Speakeasy, but Fat Sam's gang still use old fashioned pies.

Fat Sam engages the help of Bugsy Malone, a smooth city slicker who hitherto has been more occupied in sweet talking Blousey Brown, a would be girl singer.

With Bugsy's help, Fat Sam escapes from a frame up but he learns later that Dandy Dan's mob have splurged nearly all his gang.

They've also destroyed his sarsparilla and grocery rackets the whole empire's gone! There's only one hope left. Fat Sam pays Bugsy 400 dollars in exchange for more help.

Bugsy, who has promised to take Blousey to Hollywood, has to break his date with her. Is she mad!

Meanwhile Bugsy and Leroy Smith, a guy with an awesome punch, witness a secret delivery of splurge guns at Dock 17. With a bunch of down and outs, they help themselves from the crates. Then the police arrive, led by Captain Smolsky and Lieutenant O'Dreary.

Bugsy and the gang escape through a trapdoor. Finally Dandy Dan prepares for a showdown at Fat Sam's speakeasy. When his mob burst in, Bugsy and the guys let 'em have the works - splurge, custard pies, flour bombs... And out of the gooey pandemonium it emerges that Bugsy and Blousey have made it up. Peace has broken out at last.

To book tickets contact the Towngate Theatre Box Office on 01268 205 300 or visit towngatetheatre.co.uk.

The theatre is in St Martin's Square, Town Centre, Basildon.