CHESTER barman and plumbing assistant Warren Sollars has landed a role in the West End production of Chicago after making it through the finals of the Channel 4 show Musicality.

The 20-year-old, from Broughton, will take centre stage at The Adelphi Theatre in London next Wednesday after impressing judges on the talent search programme.

More than 2,000 amateur hopefuls - from security guards to teachers, from housewives to IT consultants - applied to take part in Musicality.

And for Warren, fame on the West End stage realises a lifelong dream.

The former pupil of St David's High School in Saltney appeared in school plays from the age of 10 and recently enjoyed a taste of success with his boy band 3Style, which featured his younger brother Ashley and pal Themba Mulva.

The band were tipped for success and even played at the National Festival of Music for Youth at the Royal Festival Hall.

But when Warren turned 18, he decided to return to his love of musicals and now hopes to become a West End star.

Warren entered Musicality after his mum returned home one day with a leaflet for the show.

'I've always loved musicals and appeared in amateur shows since I was young, so I thought I'd give it a go,' he said.

'I've done other auditions before, for local shows. For Musicality I had prepared Cool from West Side Story which is quite a low-key, jazzy number.

'Everyone else had these big tunes and was belting them out. I decided to do a bit of a dance, so that I caught the judges' eyes. I think it paid off, fortunately, and I'm glad I did it.'

For Musicality, Warren took part in a two-week summer school with fellow contestants.

The hardest thing for him to master so far, has been learning how to put emotion into a song.

Warren said: 'It took me a long time to dive into character and the coaches worked with me a lot on that. They taught me to think myself into my character's shoes and get the feeling out that way.

'I'd love to carry on performing. I've realised it's the thing I want to do more than anything. I go to bed thinking about it and wake up wanting to get on with it. That's how it should be.'