Louie Spence joins the cast of the new UK touring production of The Producers
Dancer, choreographer and television personality Louie Spence will join comedian Jason Manford in the brand new UK tour of The Producers which opens at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley in March 2015. Based on Mel Brooks’ Academy Award-winning movie, The Producers won a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards. Spence will play Carmen Ghia, Roger De Bris’ flamboyant assistant, until Saturday 2 May.
Since Spence made his West End stage debut in Bugsy Malone aged just 13, he has starred in the original West End casts of Miss Saigon and Cats and has danced alongside Take That, the Spice Girls, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder, to name but a few. In 2010 SKY1’s Pineapple Dance Studio launched Spence, the artistic director of Edit Agency, as a household name and he has remained one, as a judge on ITV’s Dancing On Ice, a regular presenter on morning television and housemate on Celebrity Big Brother.
Spence said: “I cannot wait to get into rehearsal and in theatres across the country with The Producers, I’m hugely excited to be part of the company and to be working with such an incredible creative team.”
Jason Manford who will play the role of downtrodden accountant Leo Bloom said: “I’ve worked with Louie a few times and I literally couldn’t think of a performer more suited to play Carmen Ghia. He’s a fantastic dancer and he knows how to get the laughs.”
The UK tour is presented by Adam Spiegel Productions, the producer of successes Midnight Tango and Dance ’Til Dawn and staged by acclaimed Top Hat director Matthew White (original direction and staging were of course by Susan Stroman).
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