Set in Pittsburgh USA, Flashdance tells the story of 18 year old Alex, a welder by day and 'flashdancer' by night, whose dream is to obtain a place at the prestigious Shipley Dance Academy.
Based on the Paramount Pictures film (Screenplay by Tom Hedley and Joe Eszterhas, story by Tom Hedley) Flashdance is an unmistakably unique musical about holding onto your dreams and love against all the odds. The show features an iconic score including the smash hit 'Maniac', along with 'Manhunt', 'Gloria' and the Academy Award winning title track 'Flashdance – What a Feeling' as well as 10 original songs created for the musical.
~ Flashdance Website

Cast and Crew

Jimmy Kaminsky ... Bruno Langley
Hannah Owens ... Hannah Owens
Nick Hurley ... Noel Sullivan
Alex Owens ... Victoria Hamilton-Barritt
CC La Drue/Abe ... Michael Conway
Dr Kool/Sammy ... Simon Harvey
Harry/Joe ... Gavin Spokes
William Hurley/Hank ... Vas Constanti
Keisha ... Carryl Thomas
Jazmin ... Djalenga Scott
Gloria ... Ruthie Stephens
Ms Wilde ... Vanessa Leagh-Hicks
Ensemble ... Joel Elhadj
Ensemble ... Lee Ellis
Swing ... Juliet Gough
Ensemble ... Zoe Green
Ensemble ... Emily Hawgood
Ensemble ... Craig James
Ensemble ... Anabel Kutay
Swing ... Chris Piper
Ensemble ... Aaron Renfree
Swing ... Adrienne Smith
Ensemble ... Kerry Stammers
Swing ... Jason Winter

Book ... Tom Hedley
Book and Lyrics ... Robert Cary
Music and Lyrics ... Robbie Roth
Director ... Kenny Leon
Producers ... Christopher Malcolm and David Ian
Choreographer ... Arlene Phillips
Set and Costume Designer ... Paul Farnsworth
Lighting Designer ... Jason Taylor
Sound Designer ... Gareth Owen
Orchestrations and Musical Supervisor ... Phil Edwards

Flashdance is a famous movie from the early 1980s which won an Oscar for its famous song What A Feeling, as sung by Irene Cara.

The movie has now been turned into a brand new stage musical, which will tour around the UK for the rest of 2008. The new musical is similar to the original movie, although bringing it to the stage has meant that they have been able to expand the story and give storyline's to other character's, some of whom didn't even feature in the original movie.

Bruno is playing one of these characters. Jimmy Kaminsky is described by Bruno as being "a singing crack addict" and is said to be "instrumental in the dramatic element of the story".

Jimmy is a down and out who is always looking for a break and will do anything to pursue his dreams - but it ends in disastrous consequences.

Flashdance is Bruno's professional musical theatre debut. Bruno has often sung in the past at charity events but has never performed in this way professionally before. His role as Jimmy is now allowing him to show off his singing skills to a wider audience but, although dance is a big part of the show, Bruno won't be putting his dancing shoes on!

One song Bruno sings is 'You Can't Keep Me Down', which is described as being a "fairly run-of-the-mill song", although Bruno was praised in one review for totally transforming this scene with his delivery, in addition to some outstanding choreography performed by the dancers behind him.

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