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

Books Advertising Annuals Biographies Music Nostalgia	Press Articles 1970 - 1979 1980 - 1989 1990 - 1999 2000s
Concert and Theatre Programmes New Seekers' programmes featuring Lyn Paul Concert programmes Pantomime programmes Summer Season programmes Theatre programmes

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. 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.

Lowry Theatre, Salford
10th - 17th February 2007

Birmingham Hippodrome
19th - 24th February 2007

The Hexagon, Reading
26th February - 3rd March 2007

New Theatre, Hull
5th - 10th March 2007

Regent Theatre, Ipswich
12th - 17th March 2007

De Montfort Hall, Leicester
19th - 24th March 2007

Donald Gordon Theatre,
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
26th March - 7th April 2007

Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea
10th - 14th April 2007

Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh
16th - 21th April 2007

Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
23rd - 28th April 2007

The White Rock Theatre, Hastings
30th April - 5th May 2007

Empire Theatre, Sunderland
7th - 12th May 2007

Theatre Royal, Nottingham
14th - 19th May 2007

Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
21th - 26th May 2007

Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl
28th May - 2nd June 2007

Civic Theatre, Darlington
4th - 9th June 2007

Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
11th - 16th June 2007

Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
18th - 23rd June 2007

Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
25th - 30th June 2007

Churchill Theatre, Bromley
2th - 7th July 2007

Grand Theatre, Leeds
9th - 14th July 2007

Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
16th - 21st July 2007

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 at the Playhouse Theatre on 17th August 2007. 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.