Lee Mead will play the role of ‘Billy Flynn’ in the acclaimed UK and Ireland tour of the international smash hit musical CHICAGO.
Lee joins the previously announced Gemma Collins as ‘Mama Morton’, Faye Brookes as ‘Roxie Hart’, Djalenga Scott as ‘Velma Kelly’, Jamie Baughan as ‘Amos Hart’ and B.E. Wong as ‘Mary Sunshine’, opening at the Sunderland Empire from Tuesday 31 May 2022.
Following her previous run, international recording artist Sinitta will reprise the role of ‘Mama Morton’ at the Grand Opera House, Belfast (6 – 11 June), Theatre Royal, Plymouth (14 – 18 June) and Venue Cymru, Llandudno (25 – 30 July) due to popular demand.
The cast is completed by Ishmail Aaron, Michelle Andrews, Gabby Antrobus, Delycia Belgrave, Joel Benjamin, Tanisha-Mae Brown, Daniel Clift, Callum Fitzgerald, Emily Goodenough, Billie Hardy, Aaron Jenkins, Liam Marcellino, Theo Reece, Hollie Jane Stephens and Harrison Wilde.
Lee Mead (Billy Flynn) won the nations hearts when they voted him their Joseph in BBC1’s Any Dream Will Do. Since then, Lee has gone on to star in the West End in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Adelphi Theatre, Legally Blonde at the Savoy Theatre and Wicked at the Victoria Apollo, as well as touring the UK as Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Lee has also appeared on screen establishing himself as a TV favourite on BBC1’s Casualty and Holby City in the role of Lofty.
Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, CHICAGO is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today’s tabloids.
CHICAGO UK AND IRELAND TOUR LISTINGS 2022
TUESDAY 31 MAY – SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2022
Sunderland Empire
Lee Mead – Billy Flynn, Gemma Collins – Mama Morton, Faye Brookes – Roxie Hart & Djalenga Scott – Velma Kelly.
MONDAY 6 JUNE – SATURDAY 11 JUNE 2022
Grand Opera House, Belfast
Sinitta – Mama Morton, Faye Brookes – Roxie Hart & Djalenga Scott – Velma Kelly.
TUESDAY 14 JUNE – SATURDAY 18 JUNE 2022
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Lee Mead – Billy Flynn, Sinitta – Mama Morton, Faye Brookes – Roxie Hart & Djalenga Scott – Velma Kelly.
MONDAY 20 JUNE – SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2022
New Theatre, Cardiff
Lee Mead – Billy Flynn, Gemma Collins – Mama Morton, Faye Brookes – Roxie Hart & Djalenga Scott – Velma Kelly.
TUESDAY 28 JUNE – SATURDAY 2 JULY 2022
Winter Gardens, Blackpool
Lee Mead – Billy Flynn, Gemma Collins – Mama Morton, Faye Brookes – Roxie Hart & Djalenga Scott – Velma Kelly.
TUESDAY 5 JULY – SATURDAY 9 JULY 2022
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
Lee Mead – Billy Flynn, Gemma Collins – Mama Morton, Faye Brookes – Roxie Hart & Djalenga Scott – Velma Kelly.
MONDAY 11 JULY – SATURDAY 16 JULY 2022
Theatre Royal, Norwich
Lee Mead – Billy Flynn, Gemma Collins – Mama Morton, Faye Brookes – Roxie Hart & Djalenga Scott – Velma Kelly.
MONDAY 18 JULY – SATURDAY 23 JULY 2022
New Theatre Oxford
Lee Mead – Billy Flynn, Gemma Collins – Mama Morton, Faye Brookes – Roxie Hart & Djalenga Scott – Velma Kelly.
MONDAY 25 JULY – SATURDAY 30 JULY 2022
Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Lee Mead – Billy Flynn, Sinitta – Mama Morton, Faye Brookes – Roxie Hart & Djalenga Scott – Velma Kelly.
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