These pages provide details of some of the books, press articles and theatre programmes that have featured Lyn Paul during her long career.

Lyn Paul's dream of starring in a stage musical came true in 1997 when she was offered the lead role of Mrs. Johnstone in Willy Russell's Blood Brothers. Since then she has played the part many times in the West End and at theatres around the UK.

In 2002 Lyn starred in the West End production of Boy George's musical Taboo. The following year she lent her talents to a new musical, The Biz!, by Chris Hamel-Cooke and Charles Garland. In 2007 she starred as Vi Moore in Footloose The Musical and in 2011 she originated the role of Sophie in Rhinestone Mondays. The programmes from these productions are described below.

Footloose
UK tour 2007

In February 2007 Lyn Paul set off on the UK tour of Footloose The Musical. The cast included Johnny Shentall as Chuck Cranston and Giovanni Spaño as Willard Hewitt, both of whom had previously starred in the West End production of the show. Taking the other lead roles were: Tommy Sherlock as Ren, Miria Parvin as Ariel and Julian Agnew as Reverend Moore. For part of the tour Tommy Sherlock was replaced by Derek Hough, another member of the original West End cast. Along the way a member of the supporting cast, Julian Essex-Spurrier, was replaced by Tim Newman.

10th - 17th February 2007
Lowry Theatre, Salford
Pier 8, Salford Quays, Salford..M50 3AZ
Tel: 0870 787 5780

19th - 24th February 2007
Birmingham Hippodrome
Hurst Street, Birmingham. B5 4TB
Tel: 0870 730 1234

26th February - 3rd March 2007
The Hexagon, Reading
Queens Walk, Reading. RG1 7UA
Tel: 0118 960 6060

5th - 10th March 2007
New Theatre, Hull
Kingston Square, Hull. HU1 3HF
Tel: (01482) 226 655

12th - 17th March 2007
Regent Theatre, Ipswich
3 St. Helens Street, Ipswich, Suffolk. IP1 1DH
Tel: 01473 433 100

19th - 24th March 2007
De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Granville Road, Leicester. LE1 7RU
Tel: 0116 233 3111

26th March - 7th April 2007
Donald Gordon Theatre, Cardiff
Wales Millennium Centre (Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru),
Bute Place, Cardiff. CF10 5AL
Tel: 08700 40 2000

10th - 14th April 2007
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea
Tel: 01702 351 135

16th - 21th April 2007
Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh
18-21 Greenside Place, Edinburgh. EH1 3AA
Tel: 0870 606 3424

23rd - 28th April 2007
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
Morley Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire. BD7 1AJ
Tel: 01274 432 000

30th April - 5th May 2007
The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
White Rock, Hastings, East Sussex. TN34 1JX
Tel: 0870 145 1133

7th - 12th May 2007
Empire Theatre, Sunderland
High Street West, Tyne And Wear, Sunderland. SR1 3EX
Tel: 0870 602 1130

14th - 19th May 2007
Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Royal Centre, Theatre Square, Nottingham. NG1 5ND
Tel: 0115 989 5555

21th - 26th May 2007
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Commercial Road, Southampton. SO15 1GE
Tel: 02380 711 811

28th May - 2nd June 2007
Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl
Promenade, Rhyl, Denbighshire. LL18 3AQ
Tel: 0870 330 0000

4th - 9th June 2007
Civic Theatre, Darlington
Parkgate, Darlington. DL1 1RR
Tel: 01325 486 555

11th - 16th June 2007
Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton. WV1 1DE
Tel: 01902 429 212

18th - 23rd June 2007
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield. S1 1DA
Tel: 0114 249 6000

25th - 30th June 2007
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
The Friars, Canterbury, Kent. CT1 2AS
Tel: 01227 787 787

2th - 7th July 2007
Churchill Theatre, Bromley
High Street, Bromley, Kent. BR1 1HA
Tel: 0870 060 6620

9th - 14th July 2007
Grand Theatre, Leeds
46 New Briggate, Leeds. LS1 6NZ
Tel: 0870 121 4901

16th - 21st July 2007
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
Regent Street, Cheltenham. GL50 1HQ
Tel: 01242 572 573

Nikki Belsher (far left) and Lyn Paul (centre) pictured with other members of the Footloose cast in a photo from the tour programme. Cast
Reverend Shaw Moore	- Julian Agnew
Vi Moore	- Lyn Paul
Ren McCormack	- Tommy Sherlock / - Derek Hough
Ariel Moore	- Miria Parvin
Chuck Cranston	- Johnny Shentall
Willard Hewitt	- Giovanni Spano
Rusty	- Gemma O'Duffy
Urleen	- Malinda Parris
Wendy Jo	- Lisa Gorgin
Lyle	- Bob Harms
Travis / Cowboy Bob	- Gavin Alex
Ethel McCormack	- Nikki Belsher
Principal Clark	- Hugh Osborne
Company Chris Adams, Matthew Bolton, Julian Essex-Spurrier, Ian Gareth-Jones, Melissa Green, Leanne Harwood, Rory Locke, Tim Newman, Soeli Parry, Gemma Whitelam, Nicky Willson

Footloose
Playhouse Theatre

Following its successful six-month tour of the UK, Footloose The Musical returned to London's West End, opening at the Playhouse Theatre on 22nd August 2007 (with previews from 17th August).

The show had been staged at the Novello Theatre in 2006 with a cast that included Derek Hough as Ren, Amy Pemberton as Ariel, Cheryl Baker (Bucks Fizz) as Vi Moore and Stephen McGann as Reverend Moore. The production opened on 18th April 2006 (with previews from 8th April).

David Essex took over the role of Reverend Moore for three months in the Summer, handing it on to Michael Howe on 9th September. Two months later Footloose was forced to move out of the Novello Theatre to make way for the Royal Shakespeare Company's annual residency in the West End. The show's producers searched in vain for an alternative venue and so the curtain came down on 11th November after only a seven-month run.

When Footloose returned to the West End less than a year later, it ran at the Playhouse Theatre for another three-and-a-half months (22nd August - 1st December). Yet again the show was forced to vacate the theatre, this time for a production of Tintin, which had already been scheduled to run at the Playhouse from 6th December to 28th February 2008.

Playhouse Theatre, London