Two am dram stars are getting ready to take to the stage in roles they have been longing to play - and it’s made even special because, as a real-life couple, they get to perform alongside one another.

Adam MacCreedy and Rebekah Jardine will star as Ren and Ariel in Workington and District Amateur Musical Society’s production of Footloose The Musical on May 15 to 18.

The pair, both 25, attended St Joseph’s School together have been together for 10 months, having been friends for 14 years.

Adam says: “We have known we were doing Footloose for two years and we have both always wanted to play these parts.

“When we got together we wanted to play them even more so it was really nice to know we’d got them.

“It’s been good. We’ve been able to practise together and keep each other sane.”

Rebekah adds: “It was a part I wanted to play after seeing the film. Then I saw it on tour at the Sands Centre. It means a lot to me.

“It’s quite challenging for us to not just go into our own selves because we are so comfortable with each other. It’s only my second lead role and I’ve never played alongside anybody where we’ve had to play the whole relationship thing so it’s a new challenge all round.”

Rebekah, an advertising account manager, said she and Adam complemented each other in their performance strengths.

She says: “Although I can dance it doesn't come naturally to me. I wouldn't say I was a dancer."

Dearham Primary School teacher Adam, who is joint choreographer of the show, added: “Mine’s a dancy part. I’m more suited to dance so it was nice for a lead role to come up and to not have to sing much but I could dance a lot.”

His favourite song in the show is Can’t Stand Still. He says: “That’s what I’m like. I always want to be doing something and my mind never rests so I felt like it suited me.”

Rebekah adds: “We're very much the opposites. I'm very much the singer. I leave him to do the dancing."

Performing is a family affair for the couple, with Adam’s brother Daniel and Rebekah’s sister Emily also fans of the stage.

But the society, Emily says, is a bigger family than that. She adds: “People who aren't biologically family feel like family.

"One thing I like about amateurs is I can be friends with a 50-year-old and a 15-year-old. We all get on. It's really nice."

Whether you've seen the original film, the remake or a stage version of Footloose, or this is your first encounter with the show, Adam and Emily say it's well worth watching.

Adam says: “It’s a feelgood show. It’s a well known film, it’s very familiar and people know the songs. There’s a big mega mix at the end you can get out of your seats and dance to.”

Footloose will be staged at the Carnegie Theatre in Workington.

Tickets are £15 each, available at carnegietheatre.co.uk or on 01900 602122.