SISTER ACT UK and Ireland Tour Announces Casting and Further Dates * Fairy Powered Productions

CASTING AND FURTHER DATES ANNOUNCED

FOR

THE UK AND IRELAND TOUR OF

LANDI OSHINOWO

TO STAR AS

‘DELORIS VAN CARTIER’

ALONGSIDE

LESLEY JOSEPH AS ‘MOTHER SUPERIOR’

AND

LIZZIE BEA AS ‘SISTER MARY ROBERT’

FROM FRIDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2023

AT THE CLIFFS PAVILION, SOUTHEND

Due to phenomenal demand, having delighted audiences across the country since last summer, the producers of the 2023 Olivier Award nominated production of SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL are pleased to announce casting and an extended 12-months of the UK and Ireland tour, returning this Autumn from Friday 8 September at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend. Full tour schedule listed below. www.sisteractthemusical.co.uk

Landi Oshinowo will lead the cast as Deloris Van Cartier, alongside television and stage star Lesley Joseph as Mother Superior. Lesley will play the role until Saturday 25 November 2023, with future casting to be announced.

The cast also includes Lizzie Bea as Sister Mary Robert, Alfie Parker as Eddie Souther and Ian Gareth-Jones as Curtis Jackson, alongside Isabel Canning, Jackie Pulford, Phillip Arran, Lori Hayley Fox, Wendy-Lee Purdy, Bradley Judge, Damian Buhagiar, Callum Martin, Castell Parker, Esme Laudat, Amber Kennedy, Joseph Connor, Ceris Hine, Eloise Runnette, Sheri Lineham and Michael Ward.

Landi Oshinowo can currently be seen as Mrs Phelps in Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge Theatre. Additional London credits include Shrek the Musical at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, The Light Princess at the National Theatre, Big Fish at The Other Palace and Sister Act at the London Palladium. Further theatre credits include the national tours of Barnum, Fame and The Who’s Tommy.

Lesley Joseph is best known for playing ‘Dorien Green’ in the hugely successful sitcom “Birds of a Feather” alongside Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson. They recorded over 100 episodes over a period of nine years. Lesley and her co-stars returned to our screens in “Birds of a Feather” in 2013. She has been seen on screen in ITV’s “Night and Day” and appeared on BBC One’s “Strictly Come Dancing”, Channel 4’s “Celebrity Coach Trip” alongside Linda Robson, and most recently BBC One’s “Celebrity MasterChef”. Lesley’s theatre credits include Miss Hannigan in Annie at the West End’s Victoria Palace and also on national tour, and her Olivier Award nominated performance as Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein. Her other touring credits include Calendar Girls and Hot Flush!.

Lizzie Bea’s London theatre credits include Martha Dunnstock in Heathers The Musical at The Other Palace, Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray at the London Coliseum and A Christmas Carol at the Dominion Theatre. Her other credits include Abigail in the World Premiere of Becoming Nancy at the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta and performing in the UK Tours of Kinky Boots, Fat Friends the Musical, Chicken Little, The Shakespeare Revue and The 3 Little Pigs.

Alfie Parker’s theatre credits include School of Rock at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, which marked his West End debut, and UK tours of Kinky Boots, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Fat Friends The Musical.

Ian Gareth-Jones was most recently seen in Only Fools and Horses The Musical at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. His other West End credits include Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre, Mrs Henderson Presents at the Noel Coward Theatre and Billy Elliot at the Victoria Palace Theatre. Additional theatre credits include Mamma Mia, Oklahoma, Scrooge, Chicago and Thoroughly Modern Millie, all on UK tours.

Based on the iconic movie, this sparkling tribute to the universal power of friendship, sisterhood and music tells the hilarious story of the disco diva whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a murder. Under protective custody she is hidden in the one place she won’t be found – a convent! Disguised as a nun and under the suspicious watch of Mother Superior, Deloris helps her fellow sisters find their voices as she unexpectedly rediscovers her own.

SISTER ACT has direction by Bill Buckhurst, choreography by Alistair David, Set and Costume Design by Morgan Large, Lighting Design by Tim Mitchell, Sound Design by Tom Marshall and Musical Supervision by Stephen Brooker. Casting is by Stuart Burt.

SISTER ACT features original music by Tony® and 8-time Oscar® winner Alan Menken(Disney’s Aladdin, Enchanted), lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner with additional book material by Douglas Carter Beane. SISTER ACT is produced by Jamie Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg.

SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL

www.sisteractthemusical.co.uk

Friday 8 – Saturday 16 September 2023

CLIFFS PAVILION, SOUTHEND

www.southendtheatres.org.uk
On Sale Now
Starring Landi Oshinowo as Deloris Van Cartier, Lesley Joseph as Mother Superior and Lizzie Bea as Sister Mary Robert

Monday 18 – Saturday 23 September 2023

HULL NEW THEATRE

www.hulltheatres.co.uk
On Sale Now

Starring Landi Oshinowo as Deloris Van Cartier, Lesley Joseph as Mother Superior and Lizzie Bea as Sister Mary Robert

Monday 25 – Saturday 30 September 2023

REGENT THEATRE, STOKE

www.atgtickets.com/venues/regent-theatre

On Sale Now

Starring Landi Oshinowo as Deloris Van Cartier, Lesley Joseph as Mother Superior and Lizzie Bea as Sister Mary Robert

Monday 2 – Saturday 7 October 2023

FESTIVAL THEATRE, EDINBURGH

www.capitaltheatres.com

On Sale Now

Starring Landi Oshinowo as Deloris Van Cartier, Lesley Joseph as Mother Superior and Lizzie Bea as Sister Mary Robert

Monday 9 – Saturday 14 October 2023

BELGRADE THEATRE, COVENTRY

www.belgrade.co.uk

Starring Landi Oshinowo as Deloris Van Cartier and Lizzie Bea as Sister Mary Robert

Monday 16 – Saturday 28 October 2023

EVERYMAN THEATRE, CHELTENHAM

www.everymantheatre.org.uk

On Sale Now

Starring Landi Oshinowo as Deloris Van Cartier, Lesley Joseph as Mother Superior and Lizzie Bea as Sister Mary Robert

Monday 13 – Saturday 18 November 2023

WALES MILLENIUM CENTRE, CARDIFF

www.wmc.org.uk

On Sale Now

Starring Landi Oshinowo as Deloris Van Cartier, Lesley Joseph as Mother Superior and Lizzie Bea as Sister Mary Robert

Monday 20 – Saturday 25 November 2023

ALHAMBRA THEATRE, BRADFORD

www.bradford-theatres.co.uk

On Sale Now

Starring Landi Oshinowo as Deloris Van Cartier, Lesley Joseph as Mother Superior and Lizzie Bea as Sister Mary Robert

Monday 27 November – Saturday 2 December 2023

SUNDERLAND EMPIRE

www.atgtickets.com/venues/sunderland-empire

On Sale Now

Starring Landi Oshinowo as Deloris Van Cartier and Lizzie Bea as Sister Mary Robert

Wednesday 31 January – Saturday 10 February 2024

CURVE, LEICESTER

www.curveonline.co.uk

On Sale Now