Following last year's hugely successful event, Dress Circle hosted a new 'Shop with the Stars' Day on Saturday 16 May 2009. Once again Philip Quast and lots of other West End stars (including some "Old Friends") dropped in throughout the day to serve as "extra staff", meet the fans and sign autographs. The event was organised in aid of The Theatrical Guild; donations were welcome and £1.00 of every item sold was donated to TTG.

Detailed account of the 2009 event by Emma Shane
Discussion thread (PQG Message Board)

Detailed account of the 2008 event by Emma Shane

SHORT REPORT of the 2008 event by Eli
PQ turned up shortly after noon, riding his stunning black bike, and was immediately (politely) surrounded by several fans willing to have their material signed. It was very warm inside the shop, but PQ took the time to sign every single item, have a bit of a chat with all his "customers" and pose for pictures.
He was delighted to hear that many of us had attended and LOVED his 'Tsunami' performance the night before (He added that he would have liked to "act the piece" even more, but there wasn't enough room on the Barbican Hall stage to allow him to do so).
PQ was later called outside for a rather long video interview (see link above), during which he took the time to explain the event's objective in aid of the Theatrical Guild, and then posed for some press photos together with Alan Dale and Summer Strallen.
Big thanks to Kat, Emma, Freddie & Phoebe for their precious cooperation & to Chris (DC staff) for his patience!