EastEnders star and Strictly judge to share role in Annie


Anita Dobson and Craig Revel Horwood will share the role of Miss Hannigan in the UK tour of Annie, which opens at the Manchester Opera House on February 2. Famous as Angie Watts in EastEnders, Dobson will play the role from February 2 to April 27 then Revel Horwood, best known as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing, takes over from April 30 to July 6. He played the role for this


production in the West End and on the 2015-16 UK tour. The 2019 tour will visit


Jason Donovan turns theatre producer with Priscilla show


Singer and actor Jason Donovan has teamed with producer Mark Goucher to create a new production of the hit musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Donovan performed in the


cast of the original West End production and two UK tours. The musical will open in


Dartford in September 2019 ahead of a tour to Bradford, Rhyl, Milton Keynes, Wimbledon, Malvern, Blackpool, Leicester, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Inverness and Manchester. The musical will include


classic songs such as It’s Raining Men, I Will Survive, I Love The Nightlife and Finally. The musical


follows three friends who


hop aboard a battered


bus bound for Alice Springs to put on the show of a lifetime. priscillauktour.com


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MOCKINGBIRD TAKES FLIGHT: Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s production of To Kill A Mockingbird will return for a UK tour in 2019, opening at Curve Leicester (February 7-16).


Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, it tells of racial injustice in a small-town American community.


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Wolverhampton, Oxford, Bristol, Chester, Hull, Newcastle, Glasgow, Bradford, Southampton, Plymouth, Llandudno, Nottingham, Southend, Sheffield, Woking, Dartford, Liverpool and Milton Keynes.


Set in 1930s New York, the


musical tells the story of orphan Annie and her attempts to escape from the orphanage run by Miss Hannigan and find her real parents. anniethemusicaltour.uk


Redknapp and Conley clock on to roles in 9 to 5


Pop star Louise Redknapp and comedian Brian Conley will star in Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 The Musical at the Savoy Theatre in London’s West (January 28-August 31). Inspired by the 1980 film, the


musical tells the story of three colleagues frustrated by the exploits of their sexist boss. Redknapp will be Violet – played


by Lily Tomlin in the movie – while Conley will be the much-despised boss Franklin Hart. Amber Davies,


winner of Love Island 2017, will make her West End debut as Judy – played by Jane Fonda in the movie – while Natalie McQueen, currently starring in Kinky Boots, will be Doralee, which was Parton’s role in the film. 9to5themusical.co.uk


Grease is the word for Peter Andre


Pop star Peter Andre will star as Teen Angel in the UK and Ireland tour of Grease the Musical next year. It will be


the first new production in 25 years of the famous musical and will be directed by Nikolai Foster with choreography by former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips.


The tour will open at Leeds


Grand Theatre on June 19 and then visit Southend, Sunderland, Birmingham, Glasgow, Leicester, Dublin, Oxford and finally Bromley in October. Andre will appear at


certain performances in Leeds, Southend, Sunderland, Birmingham, Leicester, Dublin, Oxford and Bromley. greasethemusicalontour.com


Mary Poppins back in her West End home


Mary Poppins will return to its original West End home next year, at the Prince Edward Theatre, London. Zizi Strallen, who played Mary in the international tour of the musical, will reprise the lead role. She is currently playing in Strictly Ballroom The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre. Bert the chimney sweep will be


played by Charlie Stemp, whose credits include Half A Sixpence and Hello, Dolly!. A collaboration


between Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh, the musical tells the story of a magical nanny who arrives to look after the children in the Banks family. marypoppinsonstage.co.uk


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