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Let’s hear it for the boy! Bring on Back to the 80s!

Thursday, 2 April 2015

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From the era that brought the world The Rubik's Cube, Max Headroom and The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comes the "totally awesome" musical Back To The 80s. In the style of movies such as Back To The Future, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Karate Kid, Back To The 80s is a nostalgic romp through the greatest hits of the decade including such gems as Kids in America, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Footloose , Mickey, and Video Killed the Radio Star, this is the show that will explain why today's parents hide their CD collection as well as the photo albums.

Directed by David Dawson and with the music directed by Laura Rowse, the show has been in rehearsal with an excited cast of over twenty young people aged 11 – 19 all eager to show off the songs and dances that make this show so brilliant.

'It's an ideal family show', said Head of Youth Arts Fiona Helleur.

'Young people will love the music and dancing and their parents will be cringing in their seats as they recognize and recall their youth in the 1980s when the boys wore more make-up than the girls, when shoulder pads made it impossible to walk through doors and pirate shirts and dungarees were normal street wear. This is a fun show and we are having a fantastic time pulling it together.'

Playing at the Youth Arts Centre at 7.00 pm from 14 – 19 April, Back To The 80s tells the story of the senior class of an American High School as remembered through the eyes of now 30-something Corey Palmer. 17-year-old Corey is madly in love with his next-door neighbour, Tiffany Houston who loves Michael Feldman - the kind of guy that Corey dreams of being. However, while he may not be the coolest guy in school, he is still one up on Feargal McFerrin III, whose best friend is his computer, and who believes the crazy notion that one day CD's will replace cassette tapes and spends his time with his best buddy Bill 'Gatesy' Gates.

'The plot is tenuous, the links between the songs questionable, but the music is great, the choreography is superb and it's funny, clever, witty and full of the sort of energy that made the '80s such a fantastic albeit tasteless decade." continued Fiona. "It's a great fun show and we really have had the time of our lives and we know you will too.'

Throw in a Star Wars dream sequence, high-energy dance routines, the obligatory 80s party scene, copious amounts of glittery eye-shadow, hideous perms, mullets, twenty cans of hairspray, as well as some of the most popular songs ever written and the result is a musical that will have everyone dancing in the aisles.

Tickets are available from the box office at the Youth Arts Centre, Kensington Road, Douglas, and are just £5.00 each

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