The musical Never Forget premiered at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, in July 2007 prior to a short UK tour.

[2] The show was nominated for the 2008 WOS Theatregoers Choice Award for Best Touring Production and received generally favourable notices.

[3] The musical began previews on 7 May 2008 at the Savoy Theatre in London and officially opened on 21 May 2008 to generally favourable reviews.

[citation needed] The original touring production is available on DVD, filmed on the press night at Manchester Opera House.

At the audition ("Pray"), the band come together as Ash and Jake are joined by three others: Adrian Banks, an introverted bank manager trying to win back his adulterous wife; Dirty Harry, a dim but endearing stripper who is desperate to escape the world of stripping; and Jose Reize, a Spaniard come to England in search of fame and fortune, and happy to escape from his overbearing mother.

Once Ron chooses the band members, rehearsals begin, and the boys are joined by their new choreographer and backing dancers ("Pray" (reprise)).

He makes them sign his contract and relays the news that they are scheduled to perform a 'practice gig' the next night at a local pub in Salford.

The following evening, back stage at the pub, Ron gives the band his pre show pep talk and inspires them with stories of "World Ruddy Domination".

On stage at the pub, the boys lose their confidence in front of the audience, and the other four leave Ash alone to begin the number ("Babe").

The next day, at the Three Belles Pub, Chloe tells her brother and the rest of the group about Annie's secret offer.

Ash enters and is forced to tell them that he has decided to take Annie's offer, which could lead to stardom, and to leave the boys and their tribute band behind.

The front cloth flies out to reveal the four remaining band members tap dancing to the tune of ("I Found Heaven"), but there is a space where Ash should be, as the four boys carry on without him.

In a backstage dressing room, Chloe decides to join the group to fill in Ash's missing space.

In the TV studio, Ash is busy rehearsing his own number with his new dancers under the scrutinising eye of Annie ("Every Guy").

Ash joins them and wants to make amends; he decides to break his deal with Annie and re-join his friends in their tribute band.

Amidst spectacular flames, the band perform ("Relight My Fire"), with Chloe reluctantly taking on the role made famous by Lulu.

Outside the concert hall, Ash chases after Chloe, wanting to make things right, and they reconcile ("A Million Love Songs").

Ash's best friend and brother of Chloe, a sharp witted, wannabe ladies man he's hoping the band will get him out of his dead end job.

Writers Guy Jones and Danny Brocklehurst have seemingly taken the money and run on this one, turning in a script which is a bland and childish tale of friendship surviving against the rigours of fame.

"[6] Reviews for the West End opening were generally favourable, bestowing particular praise on Karen Bruce's choreography and the falling rain special effect.

[7] The Daily Telegraph theatre critic Charles Spencer wrote that it was "not nearly as terrible as I secretly hoped it would be... [It was] rapturously received [and] clearly destined to do a lucrative trade".

In 2007, Take That posted the following statement on their website: "The band would like to state categorically that this production is being undertaken with neither their involvement nor their endorsement.