GALLERY

PHOTOGRAPHY

frontofhousephotography.co.uk

PRODUCTION TEAM

DIRECTOR, Fiona McGregor
MUSIC DIRECTOR, Justin Luke
CHOREOGRAPHER, Georgina da Silva
ADDITIONAL CHOREOGRAPHY, Lucy Egan, Verity Foster & Becca McGregor
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Arran Treacher-Evans
PRODUCTION MANAGER, Clare Nisbet

PRINCIPAL CAST

REN MCCORMACK, Lewis Hoskins
ARIEL MOORE, Becca McGregor
REV SHAW MOORE, Tony Creasey
VI MOORE, Carolyn Lane
ETHEL MCCORMACK, Emily Butcher
RUSTY, Verity Foster
WILLARD HEWITT, Oscar da Silva
URLEEN, Lucy Egan
WENDY JO, Olivia Buxton
CHUCK CRANSTON, Dan Wigmore
LYLE, Thomas Edser
TRAVIS, Oliver Gardner
JETER, Zac Rasulian
BICKLE, Luke McIlvenna
GARVIN, Isaac Lucas
LULU WARNICKER, Chloe Johnson-Jones
WES WARNICKER, Ricky J Dyer
COACH ROGER DUNBAR, Paul Allum
ELEANOR DUNBAR, Kate Buxton
BETTY BLAST, Robyn Davies
PRINCIPAL HARRY CLARK, Ellis Nicholls
COWBOY BOB/COP, Antony Mee

HIGH SCHOOLERS

Alise Balode, Imogen Clarke, Rosie Freeman & Izzy Gammon

CHOIR/ENSEMBLE

Victoria Barrett, Debbie Bowyer, Mary-Lou Knox, Elizabeth Lelew, Antony Mee, Jane McMichael

BAND

KEYBOARD, Justin Luke & Lizzie Hales
GUITAR, Pete Relph
BASS, Joe Yeadon
DRUMS/PERCUSSION, Peter Holmes
REEDS, Louise Yeadon

THE REVIEW

Haslemere Hall gets Footloose with a must-see production by Haslemere Players

By Georgia Hase  (Haslemere Herald)

Tuesday 19th March 2024 

This town needs a hero – and it turns out the Haslemere Players have come dancing to the rescue with their current show Footloose at Haslemere Hall.

Based on the 1980s screen sensation, the play follows Ren McCormack, played brilliantly by an all-flipping, all-singing, all-dancing Lewis Hoskins, who has moved to small-town Bomont from Chicago with his mother. But Bomont is a town divided. A local law, the brainchild of Reverend Shaw, played by Tony Creasey, has banned dancing. Rev Shaw forced the law on the town after four young kids lost their lives coming home from a dance. Ren decides to fight the ban all while falling in love with Ariel, the Rev’s daughter. Becca McGregor plays the rebellious daughter phenomenally, but she really shines in the slower scenes, showing that all Ariel wants is for her dad to hear her.

Much like in the play, the Players have let its young actors take centre stage with almost one third of the cast debut performers. They are the heart of the show, and show a community coming together on stage and in life. As Ren says in the play: “It is our time to celebrate life.”

The audience is swept along as both cast and character find their voice, and their feet, in this story of love and loss. The choreography is fast paced with flips and tricks, and if some of the cast can be seen thinking through the moves, with the occasional accent slip, it is quickly forgotten in the amazing set, direction and acting of the Players. A particular highlight was Oscar Da Silva in the role of Willard who never failed to make me laugh.

Directed by Fiona McGregor, Footloose is playing at Haslemere Hall until Saturday, March 23. Get your tickets online