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MAUREEN NOLAN JOINS THE CAST OF
FOOTLOOSE: THE
MUSICAL
Footloose:
The Musical
Starring
Gareth Gates & Maureen Nolan
Newcastle
Tyne Theatre and Opera House
Tuesday
12th to Saturday 16th July 2016
The full casting has been announced for worldwide
smash hit musical Footloose: The
Musical, which will burst
back onto the stage in 2016, touring the UK
from January and coming to Tyne Theatre & Opera House from Tuesday 12th
to Saturday 16th July 2016.
Joining the previously announced Gareth Gates as Willard will be Maureen Nolan as Vi Moore.
Maureen Nolan has been
singing with her sisters since she was nine years old, when they became one of Europe’s first girl
bands, The Nolans. Best known for their smash hit single I’m in the Mood for Dancing, The Nolans enjoyed phenomenal record
sales worldwide, and worked with some of the world’s most respected artists
including Frank Sinatra. On stage, Maureen has played Mrs Johnstone in Blood
Brothers in the West End and on tour
to critical acclaim. (Read the NETG Review: http://nomorepanicbutton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/review-blood-brothers-at-darlington.html)
She
was the fourth Nolan sister to play the role, earning them entry into the Guinness
Book of World Records. Other credits include Sadie in Girl’s Behind,
Jill in Mum’s the Word and Sarah in The Naked Truth.
Gareth Gates will play
Willard from 29 January until 16 April, returning to the show from 20 June 2016. Gareth rose to fame
through the inaugural series of Pop Idol
in 2001, going on to sell over 5 million records worldwide and have hits across
the globe. His version of Unchained
Melody sold over a million copies in the UK and is the
3rd best-selling single of the Noughties. Gareth is
also the youngest ever-male solo artist to debut at number 1. More
recently Gareth has enjoyed a successful career on stage, with credits
including Les Misérables, Legally Blonde and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. In 2014 Gareth appeared in the final
series of Dancing on Ice, and joined
boyband 5th Story as part of ITV’s second series of The Big Reunion, touring arenas with
bands including Blue and Five.
Luke
Baker will play Ren McCormack, the role
immortalised on screen by Kevin Bacon. Luke is about to finish playing Theo in
Green Day’s American Idiot in the West End, with other West End credits
including the Olivier Award-winning Sunny
Afternoon, Beautiful Thing and I Can’t Sing.
The
cast also features Hannah Price as
Ariel Moore, Nigel Lister as Reverend Shaw Moore, Nicky
Swift as Ethel McCormack, Joanna Sawyer as Rusty, Matthew
Tomlinson as Chuck, Natasha Brown as Wendy-Jo, Miracle Chance
as Urleen and Scott Haining as Bickie. The cast also includes Lauren
Storer, Natalie Morton-Graham, Luke Thornton and Alex
Marshall.
Based on the 1984 screen sensation starring Kevin
Bacon, Footloose: The Musical
tells the story of city boy Ren, who has to move to a rural backwater in
America where dancing is banned. All hell breaks out as Ren breaks loose and
soon has the whole town up on its feet. Featuring classic 80s hits
including Holding Out for a Hero, Almost Paradise, Let's
Hear it for the Boy and the unforgettable title track, Footloose: The Musical is set
to take the world by storm once again in this brand new production, bursting
with youthful spirit, dazzling dance and electrifying music.
When the
film was released in 1984, it became the highest-grossing February release in US film history. The
soundtrack album ended the year-long reign of Michael Jackson’s Thriller at number one and went on to
top album charts all over the world, eventually selling in excess of 17 million
copies. Footloose was nominated
for a Golden Globe, and both the title song and Let’s Hear It for the Boy received Academy Award nominations. Footloose: The Musical first opened on Broadway in 1998 where it ran for 709 performances, with
a London production following in 2006, opening at the Novello Theatre following
a UK Tour.
Footloose:
The Musical has music by Tom Snow and lyrics by Dean Pitchford,
and is adapted for the stage by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie. It is based
on the original screenplay by Dean Pitchford. It is directed by Racky Plews (American Idiot, West End) with choreography by
Matthew Cole, design by Sara Perks and musical supervision by Mark Crossland.
It is produced by David Hutchinson and Phillip Rowntree for Sell A Door Theatre
Company and Tristan Baker and Charlie Parsons for Runaway Entertainment. It is presented by
arrangement with R&H Theatricals Europe.
Read the original NETG Preview: LINK
On The Web:
@FootlooseTour
Tickets:
£32.50 Premium, £28.50 Stalls, Grand
Circle & Limited View, £25.50
Upper Circle, £22.50 Gallery. (plus
booking fees when booking online and over the phone)
The Tyne Theatre & Opera House Box Office is open 10am-3:30pm Monday to Friday and event
days
Booking and Information Line: 0844 2491 000 (10am – 6pm Monday to Friday)
Tickets
are now available from www.tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk
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