25th July 2009 - michael ball (edna turnblad), leanne jones (tracy turnblad) and ben james-ellis (link larkin) take their final bows together at an emotional curtain call after a run of almost two years.
24th July 2009 - louis walsh, along with britains got talent producer ben thursby and x factor producer andrew llinares go backstage to meet ben james-ellis (link larkin) and leanne jones (tracy turnblad) at hairspray at the shaftesbury theatre