Bringing the heat of the 80s to the stage
THE DRINKS MAY NOT BE FREE, BUT CLUB TROPICANA WILL BE OPENING ITS DOORS IN THE CITY NEXT YEAR
There’s still tickets available for a new musical which is set to bring the big hair and shoulder pads of the ’80s to Sunderland.
Club Tropicana will be spreading sunshine at the Empire from May 20 - 25 next year as part of its debut tour.
The musical by Michael Gyngell stars Joe McElderry, Neil McDermott, Kate Robbins, Emily Tierney and Amelle Berrabah.
It tells the story of a summer adventure of love in the sun, with a soundtrack of smash-hit pop classics.
When a budding bride and groom get cold feet, they each decide to jet off to sunnier climes and feel the heat – but little do they know they’ve checked into the same hotel.
The soundtrack features some of the most iconic, chartBe topping acts from the ’80s, including ABC, Cyndi Lauper, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Aha, Culture Club, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, Bucks Fizz and Depeche Mode: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Take On Me, Just Can’t Get Enough, Oops Upside Your Head, The Look of Love, Making Your Mind Up, Relax, Islands on the Stream, She Drives Me Crazy, Don’t Go, La Dolce Vita, Surprise, Surprise, Church of the Poison Mind, Fantasy Island, Up Where We Belong, I Could So Good for You, Fantastic Day and more.
The cast is headed up by South Shields singer Joe McElderry (X Factor winner and star of Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), Neil McDermott (Ryan Malloy in EastEnders, Eugenius!,The Wind in the Willows, Shrek), Kate Robbins (Spitting Image, ITV’s The Imitation Game, Dinnerladies), Emily Tierney (Eugenius! , Wicked, The Wizard of Oz) and former Sugababe star Amelle Berrabah who is making her musical theatre debut.
It is completed by Karina Hind, Calvin Hudson, Cellen Chugg Jones, Megan Louch, Rebecca Mendoza, Alexanda O’Reilly, Joshua Pearson, Rory Phelan, Nye Rees, Camilla Rowland, Christina Shand, Courtney-Brogan Smalley, Tara Verloop and Kane Verrall.
The crew includes directors Samuel Holmes and Nick Winston, choreographer Nick Winston and set and costume Designer Diego Pitarch.