Dancing on Ice winner coming to Wolverhampton to star in Greatest Days musical
Surely having celebrity parents must be a huge asset when you are pursuing a theatrical career, but do they really open doors, or is it better to train and work hard in order to make it on your own?
Well one performer who has certainly taken that approach is dancer, musical theatre star and the winner of the Dancing on Ice 2022, Regan Gascoigne.
The surname is instantly recognisable and yet rather than following in Dad Paul’s footballing steps, Regan trained as a classical dancer at the Hammond Ballet School in Chester, then moved on to Tring School of Performing Arts before eventually heading for the bright lights of London and The Actors’ Class.
Regan’s hard work and determination has been rewarded, as he now has a successful dance and musical theatre career.
He is appearing in Greatest Days, a musical based around the songs of Take That, which hits the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre stage this week. Regan appears as one of the boy band members in the show.
“Although the flavour of Take That is there, in our costumes and performance, we are not named as Take That members specifically, so in the show we are just called The Band,” Regan told me.
“We got to meet Howard, Mark, and Gary when they were having a screening, as the film has just come out. We went and met them beforehand, and they were lovely,” he said.
“They gave us some tips on how to execute the music and told us to just go out there and have fun. We know that we are representing them, which is a massive honour.”
“Us boys get to perform all the Take That songs in the show. Greatest Days is more like a play with music because the storyline is so strong and is the main focus,” he continued.
