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"It was 1963, when everybody called me Baby and it didn't occur to me to mind. That was before President Kennedy got shot, before the Beatles came, when I couldn't wait to join the Peace Corps and I thought I'd never find a guy as great as my dad. That was the summer we went to Kellerman's." Brought to the stage and now touring after a fabulously successful London run at the Aldwych here is your chance to taste the excitement and romance of this blockbuster dance film. The show features all the hit songs from one of the best selling movie soundtracks of all time; 'Hungry Eyes', 'Hey Baby', 'Do You Love Me?' and, of course, the unforgettable 'Time Of My Life'.First dance. First love. In the 1987 film, Jennifer Grey starred as the teenaged Baby who falls in love with the camp's working class dance instructor, played by Patrick Swayze. Dirty Dancing website.

Cast/Performers

Paul-Michael Jones (Johnny Castle), Emily Holt (Frances Baby Houseman), Charlotte Gooch (Penny Johnson), Thomas Aldridge (Billy Kostecki), Colin Charles (Tito Suarez), Lynden Edwards (Dr Jake Houseman), Joe Evans (Neil Kellerman), Mark Faith (Mr Schumacher), Shona Lindsay (Marjorie Houseman), Jack McKenzie (Max Kellerman), Emilia Williams (Lisa Houseman), Aimie Atkinson (Ensemble / Elizabeth), Gareth Bailley (Ensemble / Robbie Gould), Paul Channon (Ensemble / Moe Pressman), Helen Kurup (Ensemble / Cathy), Fela Lufadeju (Ensemble / Jordan), Kate-Emma Portlock (Ensemble / Vivian Pressman), Jacquie Biggs (Swing / Assistant Choreographer / Dance Captain), Nicky Griffiths (Swing), Tim Hodges (Ensemble), Sarah Kitson (Ensemble), Liam Marcellino (Swing), Jonathan Ollivier (Swing), Russell Swing (Swing / Dance Captain), Justin Thomas (Swing)

Creatives/Company

Author: Eleanor Bergstein
Producer(s): Karl Sydow, Amber Jacobsen, Col Joye
Director(s): Sarah Tipple, Kate Champion
Design(s): Stephen Brimson Lewis, Jon Driscoll (video / projection)
Music(s): Conrad Helfrich (music supervisor), Michael Ashcroft (musical staging)
Lighting: Tim Mitchell
Sound: Bobby Aitken
Costume: Jennifer Irwin
Choreographer(s): Craig Wilson (ballroom and latin), Glenn Wilkinson (UK associate choreographer)
Musical Director: Tom Deering