LES DENNIS, SANDRA MARVIN and EVELYN HOSKINS to join WAITRESS UK and Ireland Tour * Fairy Powered Productions

CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR

THE SMASH HIT ROMANTIC MUSICAL COMEDY

LES DENNIS TO PLAY ‘JOE’,

SANDRA MARVIN ‘BECKY’,

AND

EVELYN HOSKINS ‘DAWN’

JOINING

CARRIE HOPE FLETCHER AS ‘JENNA’

OPENING AT NEW WIMBLEDON THEATRE

FROM 28 MARCH 2026

Producers Barry & Fran Weissler and David Ian for Crossroads Live are delighted to announce further casting for the UK and Ireland tour of the smash hit romantic musical comedy WAITRESS, with stage and screen stars Les Dennis as Joe and Sandra Marvin as Becky, and West End star Evelyn Hoskins as Dawn.

They join the previously announced multi award-winning West End star Carrie Hope Fletcher as Jenna, opening at the New Wimbledon Theatre from Saturday 28 March 2026.

Further casting to be announced in due course. waitressthemusical.co.uk

Les Dennis is one of the UK’s best-known entertainers with a career in showbusiness spanning over 50 years. His West End credits include Inside Number 9: Stage Fright at the Wyndham’s Theatre, Grandad Trotter in Only Fools and Horses The Musical at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, Wilbur in Hairspray opposite Michael Ball at the London Coliseum, King Arthur in Spamalot, Amos Hart in Chicago and Bill in Me and My Girl. His touring theatre credits include 42^nd Street, Art, Legally Blonde, High School Musical 2 and Uncle Fester in the musical comedy The Addams Family. His many TV credits include Michael Rodwell in Coronation Street and a fictional version of himself in Extras.

Sandra Marvin returns to the role of Becky having previously starred in Waitress both in the West End and on tour. Her many theatre credits include Rabby in Fat Ham at the RSC, Angelique in the UK and Ireland tour of & Juliet, Martha in White Christmas at Sheffield Theatres, Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act both in the West End and UK tour, Mrs Fezziwig/Mrs Mops in A Christmas Carol at the Dominion Theatre, City of Angels and Committee at the Donmar Warehouse, Miss Motormouth Maybelle in Hairspray at the Shaftesbury Theatre, Queenie in Show Boat at the New London Theatre, Rose in Stepping Out at the Vaudeville Theatre, Porgy and Bess at the Savoy Theatre and Ragtime and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Her other credits include Bagdad Café at the Old Vic Theatre, Romantics Anonymous at Bristol Old Vic and on tour in the US and Mama Morton in Chicago at Leicester Curve. On screen Sandra is known for playing Jessie Grant/Dingle in Emmerdale and Patricia Williams in Call the Midwife. In 2016 Sandra performed with Kate Bush on her 22-date sold-out Before the Dawn concerts and features on her live album of the same name. Sandra also sings the title track on the Grammy Award winning soundtrack for the George Clooney film, Gravity.

Evelyn Hoskins returns to the role of Dawn having previously starred in Waitress both in the West End and on tour. She most recently reprised her role of Carol Van Deusen in 42 Balloons at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, having previously played at the Vaudeville Theatre and Lowry, Salford. Evelyn’s other stage credits include Something Rotten! in concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Gyspy at the Mill at Sonning, Carrie at the Southwark Playhouse, as well as originating the role of Thea in the London production of Spring Awakening at the Lyric Hammersmith and Novello Theatre.

Carrie Hope Fletcher is an actress, author and vlogger. Her many theatre credits include Jovie in Elf the Musical at the Aldwych Theatre, the title role in the UK and Ireland tour of Calamity Jane, Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, Veronica Sawyer in Heathers at the Theatre Royal Haymarket and Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family UK and Ireland tour, all of which won her a Best Actress in a Musical award at the WhatsOnStage Awards. Further credits include Once – In Concert at the London Palladium, Treason – The Musical Concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Elizabeth in The Crown Jewels at the Garrick Theatre and on tour, Grusha in The Caucasian Chalk Circle at the Rose Theatre, Fantine in Les Misérables: The Concert at the Gielgud Theatre, Eponine in Les Misérables at the Queen’s Theatre, winning a WhatOnStage award for Best Takeover in a Role, and Beth in Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds arena tour.

WAITRESS is based on the 2007 movie written by Adrienne Shelly. Music and lyrics are written by GRAMMY award-winning, singer-songwriter sensation Sara Bareilles. With a book by Jessie Nelson, direction by Tony-award winner Diane Paulus and choreography by Lorin Latarro, Waitress has garnered multiple awards and nominations in both America and the UK, receiving acclaim from both audiences and critics alike.

Celebrating 10 years of production, WAITRESS opened on Broadway on 24th April 2016 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where it ran until 5th January 2020. Waitress celebrated its official opening night at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End on 7th March 2019. The show has gone on to global success with further productions in North America, Japan, Holland, a French language production in Canada, a Spanish language production in Mexico, and coming this spring of 2026 an Australian production in Melbourne and Sydney.

WAITRESS tells the story of Jenna, an expert pie maker in a small town, who dreams of a way out of her loveless marriage. A baking contest in a nearby county and the town’s new doctor may offer her a chance at a new life, while her fellow waitresses offer their own recipes to happiness. But Jenna must find the courage and strength within herself to rebuild her life. This beautiful musical celebrates friendship, motherhood, and the magic of a well-made pie.

Book by Jessie Nelson

Music and Lyrics by Grammy Award-winner Sara Bareilles

Based upon the motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly

Directed by Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus

WAITRESS was originally produced by Barry & Fran Weissler and Norton and Elayne Herrick. The tour is produced by Barry & Fran Weissler and David Ian for Crossroads Live.

LISTINGS

WAITRESS UK & IRELAND TOUR 2026/2027

SATURDAY 28 MARCH – SATURDAY 4 APRIL 2026

NEW WIMBLEDON THEATRE

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ON SALE NOW

MONDAY 6 – SATURDAY 11 APRIL 2026

THEATRE ROYAL, BRIGHTON

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ON SALE NOW

MONDAY 13 – SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2026

ALHAMBRA THEATRE, BRADFORD

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ON SALE NOW

MONDAY 20 – SATURDAY 25 APRIL 2026

NEW VICTORIA THEATRE, WOKING

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ON SALE NOW

TUESDAY 28 APRIL – SATURDAY 2 MAY 2026

BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME

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ON SALE NOW

MONDAY 4 – SATURDAY 9 MAY 2026

SUNDERLAND EMPIRE

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ON SALE NOW

Casting for the role of ‘Jenna’ to be announced.

TUESDAY 12 – SATURDAY 16 MAY 2026

EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE

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ON SALE NOW

TUESDAY 19 – SATURDAY 23 MAY 2026

BORD GAIS ENERGY THEATRE, DUBLIN

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ON SALE NOW

TUESDAY 26 – SATURDAY 30 MAY 2026

MANCHESTER PALACE THEATRE

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ON SALE NOW

MONDAY 1 – SATURDAY 6 JUNE 2026

WOLVERHAMPTON GRAND THEATRE

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ON SALE NOW

MONDAY 8 – SATURDAY 13 JUNE 2026

WALES MILLENIUM CENTRE, CARDIFF

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WEDNESDAY 17 – SATURDAY 21 JUNE 2026

CLIFFS PAVILION, SOUTHEND

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MONDAY 29 JUNE – SATURDAY 4 JULY 2026

NEW THEATRE, OXFORD

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