Alexandra Burke will play Deloris Van Cartier in a new touring production of Sister Act. Picture: Jay Brooks
Alexandra Burke will star as Deloris Van Cartier in the national tour of Curve’s all-new production of the hit musical comedy Sister Act, directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood with musical supervision and arrangements by Tony Award-winning Sarah Travis. Sister Act will open at Curve on Saturday 30 July 2016.
Craig Revel Horwood: “I am truly thrilled that Alexandra is going to be our leading lady in this all new production of Sister Act at Curve. Alexandra is such a fantastic singer and actress that I know she is going to be amazing. I couldn’t think of anyone better to play the role of the smart and funny Deloris.”
Alexandra Burke said: “I’m over the moon to be given the opportunity to play the wonderful Deloris in Sister Act. It’s such an iconic role and a part I’ve always wanted to play. I love touring the UK and I’m thrilled to be working with Craig and his amazing creative team. I can’t wait to get started!”
Alexandra Burke can currently be seen starring as Rachel Marron in the national tour of The Bodyguard a part she also played in the West End. She originally rose to fame after winning the fifth series of The X Factor. Her debut number one single ‘Hallelujah’ sold more than one million copies in the UK, a first for a British female soloist. Burke’s first album, Overcome saw the release of her subsequent number one singles ‘Bad Boys” and ‘Start Without You’. In 2011 she embarked on her first solo tour and was invited by Beyoncé to support her I Am… tour. Her second album, Heartbreak on Hold, was released in June 2012.
Based on the smash hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith, Sister Act tells the hilarious story of Deloris Van Cartier, a disco diva whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a murder. Under protective custody she is hidden in the one place she won’t be found – a convent! Disguised as a nun and under the suspicious watch of Mother Superior, Deloris helps her fellow sisters find their voices as she unexpectedly rediscovers her own.
Sister Act has music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, with a book by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner and additional book material by Douglas Carter Beane. Based on the Touchstone Pictures Motion Picture written by Jacob Howard.
This all new production is directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood with musical supervision and arrangements by Sarah Travis. Set and costume design is by Matthew Wright, with lighting design by Richard G Jones and sound design by Richard Brooker.
Craig Revel Horwood is probably best known as a judge on BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing. As a director and choreographer his many credits include the recent all-star concert of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies at the Royal Albert Hall, Sunset Boulevard at the Comedy Theatre in the West End, the national tours of Fiddler On the Roof, Spend Spend Spend and Chess (also Toronto) and The Witches of Eastwick, Martin Guerre and Copacabana, all at the Watermill Theatre. Revel Horwood also wrote and directed a brand new show, Strictly Confidential, that toured the UK starring familiar faces from Strictly Come Dancing as well as the annual arena tours of Strictly Come Dancing. As a performer, he most recently starred as Miss Hannigan in the national tour of Annie.
Sister Act is presented by Jamie Wilson Productions and Curve Leicester.
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