The Independent   First Night: Dirty Dancing, Aldwych Theatre, London Sexy, sensuous and sold out before it starts By Paul Taylor Wednesday, 25 October 2006 This stage version of the iconic 1987 movie has managed to become a record-book phenomenon well before last night's joyous opening to the press. With £6m in advance ticket sales, Dirty Dancing is the most successful pre-premiere sold-out show in the history of London theatre. This is a show that will give keen pleasure to Dirty Dancing addicts and to newcomers alike.   The music is a mixture of recorded golden oldies (Dusty Springfield, Everly Brothers et al) and powerful live singing (there's a great falsetto version of "In the Still of the Night" during one scene of post-coital tenderness).   He concludes “in general, this is a very enjoyable evening.”   Among his other “powerful live singing” Chris Holland sang “In the Still of the Night” for the press opening night and also on the original stage cast recording.

Chris is currently appearing nightly at the 

Aldwych Theatre   

as Billy Kostecki 

 in

Chris in a scene from Dirty Dancing with Johnny(Josef Brown)