Chelsea Halfpenny will star in the UK and Ireland touring production of Waitress from January 2022. Picture: Johan Persson
Chelsea Halfpenny will join the cast of hit romantic musical comedy Waitress as Jenna from 10 January 2022 at the Royal & Derngate, Northampton. Halfpenny will take over the role from Lucie Jones who leaves the production to move on to a soon to be announced new project.
Halfpenny will join Sandra Marvin as Becky, Evelyn Hoskins as Dawn and Busted’s Matt Willis as Dr Pomatter. They are joined by George Crawford as Ogie, Michael Starke as Old Joe, Tamlyn Henderson as Earl and Christopher D. Hunt as Cal. The company also includes Monique Ashe-Palmer, Amelia Atherton, Donal Brennan, Aimée Fisher, Scarlet Gabriel, Nathanael Landskroner, Charlie Martin, Liam McHugh, Olivia Mitchell, Ben Morris and Brian Roland.
Halfpenny began her career in the popular children’s television series Byker Grove. She appeared as Amy Wyatt in Emmerdale for three years and Alice Munroe in Casualty, a part she played for four years. Halfpenny recently made her West End debut as Judy Bernly in 9 to 5 The Musical at the Savoy Theatre.
In 2022 the tour will visit Northampton, Edinburgh, Leicester, Hull, Bristol, Woking, Bromley, Belfast, Newcastle, Plymouth, Llandudno, Inverness, Glasgow, Oxford, Liverpool, Birmingham, Southampton, Cardiff , Dublin, Torquay, Wolverhampton, Dartford, Brighton, Nottingham, Bradford, Canterbury, Southend and Norwich.
The first major West End musical to boast an all-female creative team Waitress opened at London’s Adelphi Theatre in March 2019. Featuring a book by Jessie Nelson and music and lyrics by award-winning singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles, the musical is directed by Tony Award winner Diana Paulus with choreography by Lorin Latarro.
Inspired by Adrienne Shelley’s 2007 film Waitress, the musical tale of love friendship and perfect pies opened on Broadway in 2016. A hit with audiences and critics, the show was nominated for four Outer Critics’ Circle Awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical; two Drama League Award nominations, including Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical; six Drama Desk nominations, including Outstanding Musical; and four Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical.
Waitress was originally produced by Barry and Fran Weissler and Norton and Elayne Herrick. The UK and Ireland tour is produced by Barry and Fran Weissler and David Ian Productions.
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