Chart-topping The Wanted’s Tom Parker will head the cast of next year’s national tour of the original West End production of much-loved musical Grease.
The former award-winning boyband singer will make his professional music theatre debut in the iconic role of Danny Zuko in the tour which will open at the Palace Theatre, Manchester on 10 March 2017.
Presented by Paul Nicholas and David Ian, the production originally opened in the West End in 1993 where it ran for six years at the Dominion, followed by the Cambridge Theatre.
The show has since toured the world and been seen by over 12 million people in the UK alone.
Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, with additional songs by John Farrar, the story of Sandy, Danny and Rydell High made its debut on stage in Chicago in 1971 before arriving in Broadway in 1972 and first appearing in the West End a year later.
Next year’s UK touring production will be directed by David Gilmore and choreographed by Arlene Phillips, with design by Terry Parsons with costumes by Andreane Neofitou.
The production will play the Palace Theatre until 25 March before moving on to the New Theatre, Oxford (28 March-1 April); Liverpool Empire (3-8 April); Southend-on-Sea’s Cliffs Pavilion (11-15 April); Birmingham Hippodrome (29 May-3 June); Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre (27 June-8 July); Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (17-29 July) and Venue Cymru, Llandudno (14-19 August).
Further tour dates and casting details are to be confirmed.
Angela Thomas
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