Featuring hits like “…Baby One More Time".
The producers of the global sensation & JULIET have announced that Steps star Lee Latchford-Evans will play Lance when the UK and Ireland tour visits Leicester’s Curve from February 17-22.
Lee joins current tour cast members Gerardine Sacdalan as Juliet, Lara Denning as Anne, Sandra Marvin as Angelique, Jack Danson as Romeo, Kyle Cox as Francois and Jordan Broatch as May and newly announced cast member Jay McGuiness who plays Shakespeare at all venues between Bristol and Nottingham in 2025.
Lee Latchford-Evans is best known for being one fifth of the UK pop phenomenon Steps. He has had a successful career on stage with some of his theatre credits including Teen Angel in Grease (West End), Christian in Wolfboy (Edinbrugh Fringe Festival), Ade in A Charmed Life (West End), Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small (UK Tour), Bob in Rita Sue & Bob Too (St Helens Theatre) and Niko Nikovsky in Eurobeat Moldova (Edinburgh Fringe Festival).
Juliet’s new story bursts to life through a playlist of pop anthems as iconic as her name, including Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time,” Katy Perry’s “Roar” and chart toppers “Since U Been Gone,” “It’s My Life,” “I Want It That Way,” and “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”
& JULIET is a global success and has now been performed on four continents since its World Premiere in September 2019.
It began at the Manchester Opera House in England, before moving to London’s West End from 2019-2023, where it won three Olivier Awards, and six WhatsOnStage Awards.
The show had its North American premiere in July 2022 in Toronto, where it broke box office records and played to standing-room-only audiences, before heading to Broadway, where it again broke box office records and plays nightly to sold-out crowds.
The full creative team for the UK and Ireland tour of & JULIET includes David West Read (Book), Max Martin & Friends (Music & Lyrics), Luke Sheppard (Direction), Jennifer Weber (Choreography), Bill Sherman (Musical Supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements), Soutra Gilmour (Scenic Design), Paloma Young (Costume Design), Howard Hudson (Lighting Design), Gareth Owen (Sound Design), Andrzej Goulding (Video & Projection Design) and Nina Van Houten(Hair, Wig & Makeup Design) and Dominic Fallacaro (Additional Arrangements and Orchestrations). Casting is by Stuart Burt.
& JULIET comes to Curve from February 17-22, tickets are on-sale now.
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