Irish presenter, writer, broadcaster and former Love Island host, Laura Whitmore is set to star as Rachel Watson at certain dates in a new UK tour of the smash-hit The Girl on the Train.
Her performances in the gripping thriller, based on the internationally acclaimed number one best-selling novel by Paula Hawkins begin at Brighton’s Theatre Royal on Tuesday 3 June 2025 and will run through to her returning to Dublin and the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre at the end of August.
Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she’s been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as a witness and even a suspect in a thrilling mystery in which she will face bigger revelations than she could ever have anticipated.
Laura Whitmore trained at the Leinster School of Music and Drama, studied Shakespeare at RADA and holds a degree in Journalism from Dublin City University.
She wrote and starred in the short film Sadhbh for which she won The Ros Hubbard Award for acting in 2019. She toured in the role of Cleo in Peter James’ Not Dead Enough in 2017. Her film/TV acting credits include Queenie, Hulu’s Four Weddings and a Funeral, 4.3.2.1 and Storage 24. Her first lead in a feature film ‘A Mother For An Hour’ is out later this year as well as interactive sci fi thriller ‘Hello Stranger’ starring Sir Derek Jacobi. In 2022 she made her West End debut as Jenny in 2.22: A Ghost Story and returned home to play Lauren in its limited Dublin run in 2024.
She is a successful radio and television broadcaster best known for hosting MTV and the Bafta-winning ‘Love Island’, the ‘I’m A Celebrity’ spin-off show, Celeb Juice and her own breakfast show on ITV. She launched her documentary Laura Whitmore Investigates in 2023 and is currently working on a new documentary series. This year she also embarked on Comic Relief’s ‘Snow Way Back’ Arctic Trek to raise vital funds for Red Nose Day which can be seen in a primetime BBC1 documentary.
She currently hosts BBC Podcast, Murder They Wrote alongside Iain Stirling. She started her TV career in 2008 winning MTV’s Pick me MTV and becoming the face of MTV Europe for almost a decade. She has interviewed some of the biggest musical artists and actors in the world.
The Girl on the Train 2025 Tour
LAURA WHITMORE TOUR DATES
3 – 7 Jun 2025 Brighton Theatre Royal
10 – 14 June 2025 Milton Keynes Theatre
17 – 20 June 2025 Malvern Theatres
24 – 28 June 2025 His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen
1 – 5 July 2025 Leeds Grand
8 – 12 July 2025 Eden Court, Inverness
15 – 19 July 2025 Theatr Clwyd
22 – 26 July 2025 Southampton Mayflower
12 – 16 August 2025 Belfast, Grand Opera House
19 – 23 August 2025 Cork, Everyman Theatre
26 – 30 August 2025 Dublin, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
GIOVANNA FLETCHER DATES – UNTIL SATURDAY 29th MARCH
Richmond Theatre 13 – 18 Jan 2025
Nottingham, Theatre Royal 21 – 25 Jan 2025
Glasgow, Theatre Royal 28 Jan – 1 Feb 2025
Norwich, Theatre Royal 4 – 8 Feb 2025
Lowry Theatre, Salford 11 – 15 Feb 2025
Sheffield, Lyceum Theatre 4 – 8 March 2025
Shrewsbury, Severn Theatre 11 – 15 March 2025
Bromley, Churchill Theatre 18 – 22 March 2025
Cheltenham, Everyman Theatre 25 – 29 March 2025
FULL CASTING TO BE ANNOUNCED
Chester, Storyhouse 15 – 19 April 2025
Woking, New Victoria Theatre 22 – 26 April 2025
Birmingham, Alexandra Theatre 29 April – 3 May 2025
Southend, Palace Theatre 6 – 10 May 2025
Liverpool, Playhouse Theatre 13 – 17 May 2025
Leicester, Curve Theatre 20 -24 May 2025
Cardiff, New Theatre 27 – 31 May 2025
