Stage and screen veteran Bobby Crush will step on board new musical based on much-loved 1960s movie Summer Holiday for its first eight weeks on the road when the touring production launches in May.
Joining the previously announced Ray Quinn who will be in the driving seat for the UK tour, the star who shot to fame as a young pianist on the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks will feature in the role of Jerry for the first few stops on the tour which begins at the Liverpool Empire on 8 May 2018.
The second star name cast in the feel-good show has been a famous face in the UK for 45 years, starring alongside some of the biggest names in light entertainment and appearing on stage in major musicals including The Rocky Horror Show and Chicago. More recently Crush has been seen in the popular ITV sitcom Benidorm and will soon be seen trying to make it big in America alongside a host of familiar faces in the ITV show Last Laugh in Vegas.
Based on the 1963 film that took Cliff and The Shadows on a light-hearted tour across Europe aboard a red London double decker bus, the movie has been adapted for the stage by Michael Gyngell and Mark Haddigan and will be directed and choreographed by Racky Plews.
Featuring hit songs including ‘In the Country’, ‘Bachelor Boy’, ‘Move It’, ‘Living Doll’, ‘The Young Ones’ and the title song ‘Summer Holiday’, the production will be executive produced by David King and feature orchestrations by Keith Strachan. Further casting will be announced at a later date.
After playing the Liverpool Empire until 12 May the tour is due to visit Milton Keynes, Woking, York, Bromley, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Plymouth, Brighton, Blackpool, Leeds, Cardiff, Southend, Dartford, Chester, Wimbledon, Darlington, Stoke, Aylesbury, and Glasgow.
Further dates for 2018 and the first 2019 dates will be announced soon.
Angela Thomas
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