The musical is set to open for a brand new tour at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on the 23rd April 2027.
It has been announced that Debbie McGee will play Miss Lynch in the new UK and Ireland tour of Grease The Musical, set to open next year.
Debbie McGee is a TV, radio and stage presenter and personality, who is best known for appearing alongside her husband Paul Daniels in The Paul Daniels Magic Show for the BBC as well as her appearance on Strictly Come Dancing. In the early 2000’s Debbie started a touring ballet company, Ballet Imaginaire, recreating some traditional ballets and two original works.
Following its run in Plymouth, the production will then head to Cardiff, Newcastle, Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Leeds, Belfast, Swansea, Southampton, Oxford, Liverpool, Bristol, Darlington, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Sunderland, Nottingham, Birmingham, Norwich and Hull.
It will now also play Dublin, Blackpool and Manchester, with further tour stops and casting to be announced.
This production of Grease the Musical is directed by Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster, with choreography by Arlene Phillips and book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.
After a whirlwind summer romance, leather-clad greaser Danny and girl-next-door Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High for senior year. But can they survive the trials and tribulations of teenage life and find true love once more?
The creative team also includes: designs by Colin Richmond, orchestrations and musical supervision by Sarah Travis, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Tom Marshall and Richard Brooker and casting by David Grindrod CDG.
To find out more visit: https://www.greasemusical.co.uk/