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Saturday Night Fever set to get audiences dancing in the aisles in Stourport

The disco sensation Saturday Night Fever is set to have audiences jiving when it opens in Stourport this month.

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The cast of Saturday Night Fever
The cast of Saturday Night Fever

The musical show, featuring a catalogue of hits including Bee Gees’ classics Night Fever, Stayin’ Alive, How Deep is Your Love and More Thana Woman, is coming to the area for the first time

It is being staged at The Civic from November 5 to 9 by musical production company Limelight – whose previous sell-out shows include Chicago, Grease and Fame.

Resident director and choreographer Jane Bennett is busy putting the castthrough their paces, with many familiar faces in the leading roles.

Tom Gallacher, who played Kenickie in Limelight’s production of Grease, is the gyrating Tony Manero, which made John Travolta a household name  inthe 1977 film version.

Limelight’s Laura Attwell, whose previous roles include Marty in Grease, isthe dancer Stephanie Mangano who mesmerizes Tony and agrees to behis dance contest partner.

Other Limelight faces include Jamie Attwell as Joey, Mason Howell asDouble J, Sam Nicholas as Gus and Harriet Edwards as Annette.Doug Forrester, who played Billy Flynn in Chicago and Vince Fontaine inGrease, returns as Tony’s father Frank, with Zoe Darkes, who was Momma Morton in Chicago, as his mother Flo.

DJ Monty is played by Rich Walker, Bobby C by Myles Richards, Pauline by Chloe Reynolds and dance captain Kerry Bigger leads what promises to be a great supporting ensemble.

Tickets, priced £18 (concessions £16.50), are available fromwww.ticketsource.co.uk/limelight, The Civic box office on 01299 823339, by emailing limelight1000@outlook.com, calling 07596 589984 or from Facebook at.

The curtain rises nightly at 7.30pm plus a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm.

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