BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT’s Lucy Kay will return as the Narrator in the upcoming 2017 touring production of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, starring X FACTOR winner Joe McElderry, from 24th January.
Lucy Kay scored her first number one album in 2014, after her stunning debut album ‘Fantasia’ shot straight to the top of the Classical Album Chart. The singer, originally from Leicestershire, shot to fame and captured the country’s hearts as runner up on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ in 2014. Following her success on the show, Lucy also recorded the song ‘Flower of Scotland’ with the band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Navy. Lucy was also a special guest on Andrea Bocelli’s 2014 tour.
As previously announced singing sensation and X Factor favourite JOE McELDERRY will once again wear the world’s most famous coat in the UK’s longest running musical, as the 2017 national tour kicks off at GLive, Guildford in January…
Joe’s title-role debut in the 2016 production of Joseph was his first major theatrical appearance – and his performance was met with 5-star reviews and standing ovations up and down the country.
Joe McElderry was just 18 when he won the sixth series of ‘The X Factor’ having been mentored by Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole and beating off fierce competition from Olly Murs and Stacey Solomon. Joe soared to number one on the UK Singles Charts with his rendition of Miley Cyrus’s The Climb and his debut album Wide Awake went straight in at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart. He has since gone on to have two more Top 10 albums, and he became the first X Factor star to release four albums.
Joe, who hails from South Shields, Tyne and Wear, is also the first and only celebrity to win three reality TV shows! He was crowned the winner of the second series of ITV’s ‘Popstar to Operastar’ before strapping on his skis and slaloming his way to become champion of Channel 4’s celebrity ski competition ‘The Jump’ in 2014.
Joining them is Benjamin James-Ellis who was a semi-finalist on the hit TV show Any Dream Will Do. Since then Ben has starred in a European tour of Dirty Dancing, and as Link Larkin in the West End run of Hairspray for two years. The cast is completed by Henry Metcalfe, Sallie-Beth Lawless, Matt Jolly, Darren Charles, Lloyd Green, Matthew McCabe, George Knapper, Michael Lapham, Michael Colbourne, Lewis Asquith, Richard J Hunt, Amana Jones, Will Breckin, Kevin Grogan and Gemma Pipe.
Having garnered sensational reviews and standing ovations at every performance since its inception over 36 years ago, Bill Kenwright’s ‘amazing’, ‘superb’, ‘wonderful’ and ‘brilliant’ production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s family musical has now sold an estimated 20 million tickets.
This vibrant and exciting retelling of the biblical story about Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colours sings out to young and old alike with a score which is crammed wall to wall with hits, including Jacob and Sons, Close Every Door and Any Dream Will Do.
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT 2017 UK TOUR
24 – 28 Jan
GUILDFORD G Live
01483 369350
glive.co.uk
31 Jan – 4 Feb
New WIMBLEDON Theatre
0844 871 7646
atgtickets.com/wimbledon
7 – 11 Feb
DARTFORD Orchard Theatre
01322 220000 orchardtheatre.co.uk
14 – 18 Feb
HASTINGS White Rock Theatre
01424 462288 whiterocktheatre.org.uk
21 – 25 Feb
TORQUAY Princess Theatre
0844 871 3023 atgtickets.com/torquay
28 Feb – 4 Mar
PORTSMOUTH New Theatre Royal
023 9264 9000 newtheatreroyal.com
7 – 11 Mar
WINDSOR Theatre Royal
01753 853 888 theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk
14 – 18 Mar
EDINBURGH Playhouse
0844 871 3014 atgtickets.com/edinburgh
21 – 25 Mar
MALVERN Festival Theatre
01684 892 277 malvern-theatres.co.uk
28 Mar – 1 Apr
SHREWSBURY Severn Theatre
01743 281281 theatresevern.co.uk
4 – 8 Apr
BRADFORD Alhambra Theatre
01274 432000 bradford-theatres.co.uk
11 – 15 Apr
SKEGNESS Embassy Theatre
01507 613100 embassytheatre.co.uk
18 – 22 Apr
PRESTON Charter Theatre
01772 80 44 44 prestonguildhall.com
25 – 29 Apr
NOTTINGHAM Theatre Royal
0115 989 5555
trch.co.uk
2 – 6 May
BRISTOL Hippodrome
0844 871 3012 atgtickets.com/bristol
9 – 13 May
CARDIFF Wales Millennium Centre
029 2063 6464 wmc.org.uk
16 – 20 May
TRURO Hall for Cornwall
01507 613100 hallforcornwall.co.uk
23 – 27 May
STOCKPORT Plaza Theatre
0161 480 3818
stockportplaza.co.uk
30 May – 3 Jun
LONDONDERRY Millennium Forum
028 7126 4455 millenniumforum.co.uk
6 – 10 Jun
BELFAST Grand Opera House
028 9024 1919 goh.co.uk
13 – 17 Jun
CHELTENHAM Everyman Theatre
01242 572573 everymantheatre.org.uk
