Footloose

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Written By: Mark Armstrong

Format: Romantic Drama
Genre: Musical
Date: May 9 2016
Location: Liverpool Empire Theatre

Rocking and shuffling its way into the Liverpool Empire Theatre, Footloose follows the lead of its motion picture predecessors by presenting a story that is part-drama, part-romance and part-musical. The cast consists of many young talents, and as with the movies, the stage show is clearly aimed at the teenage market given the tone of the show and the relationship-based storylines.

Footloose tells the story of Ren McCormack (played here by Luke Baker), who having previously enjoyed life as a Chicago resident, is sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the much smaller town of Bomont, West Virginia. As he struggles to fit into his new surroundings, matters aren't helped by the fact that his Chicago background, his previously carefree attitude and his propensity to dance make him enemies very quickly, from the almost zealot-esque Reverend Shaw Moore (Nigel Lister) to the unpredictable yet generally harmless Willard (played here by 911 member Lee Brennan). But whilst a group of high school girls also take the time to regularly taunt Ren, one of those girls, Ariel Moore (Hannah Price) is clearly teasing Ren because she is developing a crush on him, much to the chagrin of her current boyfriend, the more rebellious and sinister Chuck (Matthew Tomlinson).

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