It has been announced that Jenna Lee-James (We Will Rock You, Joseph) will take over the role of everyone’s favourite Ice Queen, Elsa, in the West End production of Frozen - The Musical from 23 August, to cover current leading lady Samantha Barks while she is on maternity leave.

Barks will leave the production later this month but she is currently scheduled to return in 2024.

Lee-James will join current cast members Emily Lane as Anna, Djavan van de Fliert as Kristoff, Craig Gallivan as Olaf, Oliver Ormson as Hans, Richard Frame as Duke of Weselton, and Mikayla Jade and Ashley Birchall (alternating the role of Sven), alongside Rhianne Alleyne, Marianne Bardgett, Jeremy Batt, Danny Becker, Rebecca Botterill, Char Burnett as Bulda, Collette Coleman, Laura Emmitt, Davide Fienauri, Jemal Felix, Jordan Fox, Molly Francis, Matt Gillett, Ben Irish as Pabbie, Justin-Lee Jones, Aoife Kenny, Jordan Livesey, Joshua Robinson, Harriet Samuels, Jacqui Sanchez as Queen Iduna, Isabella Glanznig Santos, Jak Skelly as Oaken/Bishop, Kerry Spark as King Agnarr, Caitlin Tipping, Rodney Vubya, Anna Woodside, and Luke Fraser Yates.

Huge congratulations to Samantha and her husband Alex on their wonderful baby news 👶🍼❤️