NOBODY puts Baby in a corner.

The stage version of the iconic ’80s film Dirty Dancing will visit Southampton in 2012, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Audiences can expect to “have the time of their lives” with raunchy dances moves and pounding rhythms as Baby, Johnny and the cast hit The Mayflower for a three-week run direct from the West End.

The dates, from April 3 to 28, are part of the first ever national tour of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage, one of the most successful musicals in West End history.

It’s the summer of 1963, and 17- year-old Frances “Baby”

Houseman is about to learn some major lessons in life as well as a thing or two about dancing.

Daddy’s girl Baby’s life is turned upside down when she falls in love with the dance instructor on her family getaway.

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Stumbling upon the staff quarters where an allnight dance party is in full swing, she can’t wait to become part of the scene.

Baby’s life is about to change forever as Johnny’s leading lady both on-stage and off in this heart-warming love story.

Now in its triumphant fifth year at the Aldwych Theatre, Dirty Dancing, opened in the West End in 2006, breaking all box office records with advanced ticket sales of over £15 million, which made it the fastest selling show in West End history.

Scriptwriter and creator Eleanor Bergstein told the Daily Echo: “In our fifth year in London, it is still astounding for me to sit amid our audiences, many of whom I discover have planned long in advance and travelled far to see us.

“Each performance, they honour us with a personal and loving response which delights us and makes us grateful.

“It is a special pleasure then for us to plan a production that will have the chance both to visit and thank those who have travelled so far to see us, and to take our show to those who could not make the journey.”

Tickets go on sale on Monday.

Call 023 8071 1811 or visitmayflower.org.uk