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 the photo albums.
Directed by David Dawson and with the music directed by Laura Rowse, the show runs from next Tuesday (April 14) until the following Sunday (April 19) at the Youth Arts Centre in Kensington Road, Douglas. Performances start at 7pm each night.
Tickets are available for £5 each and can be bought from the Youth Arts Centre.
Head of Youth Arts Fiona Helleur said: ‘It’s an ideal family show.
‘Young people will love the music and dancing, and their parents will be crying in their seats as they recognise and recall their youth in the 1980s.’
The excited cast of over 20 youngsters, aged 11-19, tells the story of the senior class of an American High School as remembered through the eyes of now 30-something Corey Palmer.
Aged 17, Corey is madly in love with his next-door neighbour, Tiffany. They fall in love with a number of complications.
Fiona said: ‘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.
‘It’s a great fun show and we really have had the time of our lives and we know you will too.’
The mullet-based musical involves a Star Wars dream sequence, high-energy dance routines, the obligatory 80s party scene, copious amounts of blue eye-shadow, hideous perms, and lots of hair spray.
In addition, the show features some of the most popular songs ever written and even a character cameo from the computer scientist Bill ‘Gatesy’ Gates.
Mix it all together and the result is a musical that will have everyone dancing in the aisles.