Toy Show auditions start Christmas countdown

It’s a cracker in every child’s Christmas countdown and considered one of the most magical nights of the year.

Ryan Tubridy joins in the fun with the more than 30 girls from the Joan Denise Moriarty School of Dance, including teacher Sharon Manning, at the Cork auditions for ‘The Late Late Toy Show’ held in The Metropole Hotel, Cork, yesterday. Picture: Clare Keogh

Appearing on The Late Late Toy Show has, for many years, been what dreams are made of for countless kids. And, as the Toy Show takes to the road for the first time in search of the country’s best young performers, it seems the dream is about to become a reality.

The Toy Show crew kicked off the first of the regional auditions in Cork yesterday where singers, groups, and musicians battled it out for a place in this year’s festivities.