{"id":15219,"date":"2017-10-11T10:02:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T09:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=15219"},"modified":"2017-10-11T10:02:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T09:02:30","slug":"strictly-star-joanne-clifton-leads-the-cast-of-flashdance-the-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/10\/strictly-star-joanne-clifton-leads-the-cast-of-flashdance-the-musical\/","title":{"rendered":"STRICTLY STAR JOANNE CLIFTON  LEADS THE CAST OF FLASHDANCE \u2013 THE MUSICAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The Millennium Forum has just announced that former \u2018Strictly\u2019 star, Joanne Clifton will play the lead role of Alex Owens in the smash hit UK tour Flashdance \u2013 The Musical when it descends onto the stage for a week-long run in March.<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15220\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/press2-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"322\" \/>Flashdance the Musical will perform at the cityside venue from Mon 19<sup>th<\/sup> to Sat 24<sup>th<\/sup> March as part of an extensive tour to 23 venues.<\/p>\n<p>Having played to critical acclaim since August, Joanne Clifton is joined on stage by cast Ben Adams, Colin Kiyani, Rikki Chamberlain, Garry Lee Netley, Carol Ball, Sia Dauda, Hollie Ann Lowe, Simeon Beckett, Rhodri Watkins, Demmileigh Foster, Emily Kenwright, Ameila Rose Fielding, Alex Christian, Matt Concannon, Verity Jones, Ross Meagrow and Sasha Latoya.<\/p>\n<p>Joanne Clifton is thrilled to be performing in this high energy dance musical:<strong><em>\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><em>\u2018I am already having the best time ever on this tour and so am delighted to be staying on for 2018.\u00a0 We have so much fun on stage and off, and I really am dancing like I\u2019ve never danced before!\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Flashdance &#8211; The Musical tells the inspiring and unforgettable story of 18-year-old Alex, a welder by day and \u2018flashdancer\u2019 by night, who dreams of going to the prestigious Shipley Dance Academy and becoming a professional dancer.\u00a0 When a romance complicates her ambitions, she harnesses it to drive her dream.<\/p>\n<p>Take your passion and make it happen!<\/p>\n<p>Flashdance \u2013 The Musical performs at the Millennium Forum from Mon 19<sup>th<\/sup> to Sat 24<sup>th<\/sup> March 2018.\u00a0 Tickets are now available from the Box Office.\u00a0 Telephone 71 264455 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.millenniumforum.co.uk\">www.millenniumforum.co.uk<\/a> for bookings.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Millennium Forum has just announced that former \u2018Strictly\u2019 star, Joanne Clifton will play the lead role of Alex Owens in the smash hit UK tour Flashdance \u2013 The Musical when it descends onto the stage for a week-long run in March. Flashdance the Musical will perform at the cityside venue from Mon 19th to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/10\/strictly-star-joanne-clifton-leads-the-cast-of-flashdance-the-musical\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15221,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15219\/revisions\/15221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}