The street hits the stage this week when the Secombe Theatre will be rocking to the Protegem Dance Company as they present their History of Streetdance spectacular.

Close to 100 students aged between five and 18 will flood the stage to produce some body-popping, booty-shaking antics.

And for director and choreographer Gemma Wenman, it is a great chance to revisit her youth.

She explains: “We are going right back to the era when disco became streetdance.

“The one thing I wanted most from this show was to take it away from the hip-hop culture of today.

“So we are using tunes by James Brown, Afrika Bambaata, Salt n Pepa and the like - songs I remember dancing to in the playground.

“It is nice to be able to bring some of the old classics to the kids of today - and they are loving it.”

Wenman admits the recent craze for streetdance, which saw Diversity claim the Britain’s Got Talent crown recently, thrust the idea into the spotlight.

And she hopes that some of that success will rub off on the Secombe production.

She adds: “There is no doubt it is very, very popular at the moment.

“Not only did you have Diversity of course, but there have also been a lot of dance films released recently which all the students really enjoyed.

“The streetdance is the most popular of all the classes we run so it made sense to make that the basis for the show.”

Protegem will begin planning for their Christmas showcase when the Streetdance show comes to an end, but for now Epsom-based Wenman simply hopes everyone has a good time.

She concludes: “The songs have been specifically picked to get everyone up and dancing, and if the audience want to get involved great.

“I’m pretty sure there will be a few mums and dads embarrassing themselves on the night!”

History of Streetdance, Secombe Theatre, July 18, 2pm & 7pm, £7.50/£10, 020 8770 6990