With simply weeks to go till the world premiere of the brand new official Steps musical, PinkNews can solely reveal a clip of the primary behind-the-scenes efficiency.
Written by playwright and Steps mega-fan Shaun Kitchener and directed by The Nice British Bake Off Musical’s Rachel Kavanaugh, Right here & Now relies on all of the best-loved hits by one of many UK’s most profitable pop teams.
The “hilarious and heart-warming” new present follows Caz (Elf The Musical’s Rebecca Lock), an worker at seafront grocery store Higher Greatest Bargains, who’s stomping her method in direction of a summer time to recollect together with her colleagues.
“However when Caz discovers the cabinets are stocked with lies and betrayal, the summer time of affection she and her mates dreamed of immediately looks like a tragedy,” the official synopsis says.
“Have all of them misplaced their probability of a ‘glad ever after’? Who is aware of what love has in retailer.”
Soul singer Sharlene Hector is Vel, The Time Traveller’s Spouse star Hiba Elchikhe performs Neeta, and Vampire Academy‘s Blake Patrick Anderson is Robbie. RuPaul’s Drag Race UK fan-favourite River Medway additionally options, as Jem.
Within the first behind-the-scenes footage, because the present prepares to open on the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham on 9 November, Lock performs a piano rendition of the 1998 Steps hit “Heartbeat”.
It’s only a small style of the group’s again catalogue that followers can count on to listen to in Right here & Now, together with “5, 6, 7, 8”, “Higher Greatest Forgotten”, and “Final Factor On My Thoughts”.
The brand new present has acquired the stamp of approval from the 5 members of Steps, Ian “H” Watkins, Faye Tozer, Claire Richards, Lisa Scott-Lee, and Lee Latchford-Evans.
“We’ve been fortunate to do many issues collectively as a band, however the query we get requested repeatedly is: ‘the place is the Steps musical?’ Properly… it’s lastly right here and we couldn’t be extra excited,” they mentioned.
Followers can get their fingers on tickets for the present’s restricted, world premiere run at ATG Tickets.
Right here & Now will arrive in London’s West Finish at a future, as-yet-unannounced date.
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