Playing Ren, a role that launched the careers of Kevin Bacon and Derek Hough, will be star of the future Max Milner. The cast also include Steve Pinder as Reverend Shaw Moore. Steven is best known for playing Max Farnham in the long running soap Brookside, for which he won a Manchester Evening News Award for Best Actor.
2011 is also the year that the highly anticipated film remake of Footloose starring Dennis Quaid and Andie MacDowell is released in cinemas.
When Kevin Bacon’s too-cool-for-school teenager Ren McCormack dared to dance his way out of Chicago and into small town Bomont in the movie Footloose, an icon for the 80s was born. Kevin Bacon became a global star and the film’s title track went from gold to platinum to multi-platinum in record time, spawning one of the most famous guitar intros of all time! Cultural icon Sarah Jessica Parker was cast alongside Bacon in this much-loved film phenomenon and went on to enjoy great success.
In 1998 Broadway lauded the hit movie live on stage as a musical spectacular. Written by Dean Pitchford (screenplay and lyrics for the film) and Walter Bobbie, Footloose - The Dance Musical tells the story of city boy Ren who has to move to a rural backwater in America where dancing is banned. Life in small-town Bomont is peaceful but Ren, breaking every taboo in the book, is determined to bring dance back to the heart of a town held back by the memory of a tragedy.
Footloose - The Dance Musical thrilled West End audiences with its extended run at the Novello Theatre London in 2006 and following a third UK tour played a 2007 season at The Playhouse London. During that time the stunning and infectious choreography garnered critical acclaim, there is just no stopping this smash hit musical!
The cast also includes Carys Gray, Lorna Want, Jodie Jacobs, Keisha Amponsa Banson, Tanya Robb, Daniel Smith, Adam C. Booth, Giovanni Spano, Michael Palmer, Ben Harris, Simon Campbell, Kirk Barker, Simon Hardwick, Natalie Andreou, Sarah Kitson, Lindsey Tierney, Katy Hards, Nikki Mullins and Rory Locke.
Directed and choreographed by Olivier award winner Karen Bruce (Saturday Night Fever, The Wedding Singer, Never Forget, Fame) it’s no surprise to know that Footloose - The Dance Musical contains some of the slickest, sexiest dance routines you can see on stage! Featuring a dynamic young cast, this fast-paced show is not only packed full of amazing dance but serves up some classic 80s anthems guaranteed to get you to your feet, including Holding Out For A Hero, Almost Paradise, Let’s Hear It For The Boy and of course the unforgettable hit title track Footloose!