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Joe Eszterhas' wonderful, ridiculous 1980s movie Flashdance comes to the London stage as a musical. The improbable plot tells the story of 18 year old Alex, a warehouse dwelling welder by day who has a secret life as a 'flashdancer' by night. While the stage musical can't quite match the film for '80s glossiness, it compensates with bad hair, bright costumes and cracking song-and-dance routines. The soundtrack mixes original songs with '80s classics like Gloria, Maniac and, of course, Flashdance (lyrics: what a feeling!), and the choreography comes from Arlene Phillips. Twenty five years after the release of the film, Flashdance the Musical launches with a ?1 million production and a 40-week UK tour which begins at Shaftesbury Theatre on 24th September 2010.About Shaftesbury Theatre
A large and appealingly shabby Edwardian theatre which has produced almost a century of successful popular drama and musicals. The most notorious of these was Hair, infamous both for onstage nudity and an unfortunate ceiling collapse that terminated its near 2000 performance run. More about Shaftesbury Theatre
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Rock Of AgesRock Of AgesA girl meets a city rocker in a famous Los Angeles rock club, and they fall in love to classic '80s rock songs. A worldwide smash hit, Rock Of Ages features a raucous mix of 28 classic rock hits including 'Don't Stop Believin', 'We Built This City', 'The Final Countdown', 'Wanted Dead or Alive' and 'Here I Go Again'. Described the New York Times as30th May 2012Sunday 21st October 2012
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A girl meets a city rocker in a famous Los Angeles rock club, and they fall in love to classic '80s rock songs. A worldwide smash hit, Rock Of Ages features a raucous mix of 28 classic rock hits including 'Don't Stop Believin', 'We Built This City', 'The Final Countdown', 'Wanted Dead or Alive' and 'Here I Go Again'. Described the New York Times as... More about this event
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