Whatsonstage.com are reporting that West End legend, Michael Ball is to tour the UK next year reprising his award-winning turn as Edna Turnblad in the smash hit Hairspray!
Ball, who opened the show in London in October 2007, will return for the start of the tour, which is due to open in Cardiff's Millenium centre on the 30th March 2010. The musical will run concurrently with the West End version of the show, and will visit cities up and down the country, including Glasgow, Southampton, Wolverhampton, Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool. Further dates are to be announced in the future. Ball will appear in Glasgow, Southampton and Manchester as well as Cardiff. Further star casting for Edna and other principal parts has yet to be announced.
The return to Hairspray also herald a new, closer working relationship between Michael Ball and the show’s UK production company, Stage Entertainment. Ball has been appointed as associate producer and will work with Stage in developing new work and roles, including ones specifically tailored to the actor. These will include a major musical revival in 2011.
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