Footloose

Stage Adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie 

Based on the Original Screenplay by Dean Pitchford 

Music by Tom Snow 

Lyrics by Dean Pitchford 

Additional Music by Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins and Jim Steinman  

Footloose is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd 

A Pitlochry Festival Theatre and New Wolsey Theatre Production

Revisit the ‘80s with Footloose the story of Ren McCormack, a teenage boy from Chicago, who moves with his mother, from Chicago to a small farming town, after his father abandons them. Ren is prepared for the adjustment to his new high school, but what he isn’t prepared for is a ban on dancing by the town preacher, Revered Shaw Moore.

With the help of Ariel, the Reverend’s rebellious daughter, and Willard, a local lad who becomes his best friend, Ren convinces the Reverend to let the teenagers dance, and in the process helps the town to heal from a tragedy that affected them all. 

Footloose is essentially a love story. Love between Ariel and Ren, the complicated love between parents and children, and the spiritual love between the religious leader of Bomont and his flock of congregants. 

This award-winning musical features the songs Footloose by Kenny Loggins and Let’s Hear It for the Boy by Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford.

A co-production between Pitlochry Festival Theatre and the New Wolsey Theatre, the rockin’ rhythm of its Oscar and Tony-nominated Top 40 score, augmented with dynamic new songs, Footloose celebrates youth, love and life. 

This production can also be seen at New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich from 3-26 October.

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Theatre and Tonic

“very strong performances… keeps the essence of the story loved by many even 40 years after its original telling.”

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Musical Theatre Review

“Utterly wonderful”

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Corr Blimey

“This is how you do a musical.”

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The Scotsman

“breathtaking in its life-enhancing energy, and sheer theatrical skill“

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Broadway Baby

“non-stop enthusiasm”

Director Douglas Rintoul

Musical Director Richard Reeday

Designer Adrian Rees

Sound Designer James Cook

Lighting Designer Jeanine Byrne

Choreographer Kally Lloyd-Jones

Fight Director Robin Hellier

Dialect Coach Charmian Hoare

Sound No.1 Toby McFarlane

Lulu/Principal/Garvina Lola Aluko

Coach Roger Dunbar Chris Coxon

Cowboy BobLyle/Wes/Bickle Theo Diedrick

Ariel Moore Kirsty Findlay

Chuck Cranston Connor Going

Wendy Jo Charlotte Grayson

Ethel McCormack Nina Kristofferson

Urleen/Eleanor Signe Larsson

Travis/Jeter Myles Miller

Vi Moore/Betty Wendy Paver

Rusty Elizabeth Rowe

Reverend Shaw Moore Robin Simpson

Willard Luke Thornton

Ren McCormack Luke Wilson