THE CAST

Strictly Come Dancing professional Lauren Oakley will star as Roxie Hart, making her musical theatre debut, alongside two-time Olivier Award nominee Adam Garcia as Billy Flynn. Award-winning soul singer Mica Paris and The X Factor winner Sam Bailey return to share the role of Mama Morton at selected venues. They are joined by Charlotte Gooch as Velma Kelly, Jonathan Dryden Taylor as Amos Hart and R. Leonard as Mary Sunshine. Casting details for each venue can be found in the listings below.

The company is completed by Bethany Adamson, Kofi Aidoo-Appiah, Gabby Antrobus, Jamie Armour, Talia Duff, Harvey Fawcett, Marie Finlayson, Sergio Giacomelli, Sam Holden, Aoife Kenny, Harrison Langham, Oliver Loades, Will Markendale, Gabrielle Parker, and Tanith Williams.

MORE ABOUT THE CAST

Lauren Oakley is best known as a professional dancer on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing. Her further credits include the Strictly Come Dancing Live! UK arena tour, the UK tour of Strictly The Professionals, Burn the Floor at Sadler’s Wells and the international tour, the UK and Ireland tour of Him & Me/ Together with Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice and This Is Me/ Made in Italy with Giovanni Pernice.

Adam Garcia recently starred as Frank Famer in the UK and International tour of the hit musical The Bodyguard. His other musical theatre credits include Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever and Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me, Kate, for which he received Olivier Award nominations for both roles. His other theatre credits include Fiyero in Wicked, The Artilleryman in The War of the Worlds, Damien Karras in The Exorcist, Julian Marsh in Curve and Sadler’s Wells production of 42^nd Street and Caractacus Potts in the UK tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. His film credits include Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Coyote Ugly and Riding in Cars with Boys. Adam recently appeared as a finalist in the UK series of The Masked Dancer, finishing in second place.

Mica Paris, M.B.E is the queen of British Soul and one of Britain’s most versatile and beloved entertainers, with a diverse and award-winning career as a recording artist, actress, best-selling author and broadcaster. Her many stage credits include the role of Mama Morton in Chicago, as well as West End productions of Fame: The Musical, Mama I Want To Sing, The Vagina Monologues, Sweet Lorraine and the UK tour of Love Me Tender.

Sam Bailey can currently be seen as Debbie in Mamma Mia! The Party at the O2 Arena. Her other theatre credits include the role of Mama Morton in Chicago, Betty Simpson in Fat Friends the Musical, Mrs Potts in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Miss Hedge in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and April Devonshire in NOW… That’s What I Call A Musical. Sam rose to national prominence winning The X Factor in 2013. Her debut single Skyscraper became the UK Christmas Number One, followed by her chart-topping album The Power of Love.

Charlotte Gooch’s theatre credits include the role of Nini in Moulin Rouge! The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre, Kathy Selden in Singin’ In The Rain at Sadler’s Wells and on tour, Alex Owens in the international tour of Flashdance, Tina Sparkle in Strictly Ballroom at the Piccadilly Theatre, Dale Tremont in Top Hat at the Aldwych Theatre and on tour, Penny Johnson in Dirty Dancing at the Dominion Theatre, Piccadilly Theatre and on tour, Bombalurina in the European tour of CATS and Patty Simcox in Grease on tour.

Jonathan Dryden Taylor’s theatre credits include the UK and European tour of Kinky Boots, My Fair Lady at Curve Leicester, Fiddler on the Roof at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London Tide, The Normal Heart, As You Like It, Our Country’s Good, Light Shining In Buckinghamshire, King Lear, Othello and The Captain of Kopenick all at the National Theatre, The Wizard of Oz at Curve Leicester and the London Palladium and Billy Elliot at Curve Leicester.

R. Leonard makes their professional debut in Chicago.