It has been announced that Coronation Street star Katie McGlynn will join the UK tour of Peter James’ Wish You Were Dead from 2 May 2023, sharing the role of Cleo with Giovanna Fletcher.

The tour kicks off on 16 February, with Fletcher set to appear in Bromley, Norwich, Nottingham, Cambridge, Newcastle, Brighton, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Richmond, and Milton Keynes. McGlynn will then take over, playing in Leeds, Shrewsbury, Cardiff, Salford, Dartford, Southampton, Malvern, Birmingham, Sheffield, Southend, Leicester and Woking.

George Rainsford (Casualty, BBC1) stars as James’ famous detective DSI Roy Grace, alongside Clive Mantle (Of Mice and Men) as Curtis, and Leon Stewart as DS Glenn Branson.

The world stage premiere of Wish You Were Dead will be the sixth stage adaptation of James’ novels, making it the most successful crime thriller stage franchise since Agatha Christie.

The stage play of Wish You Were Dead follows DSI Roy Grace and Cleo Morey as they take a much needed holiday together. They are hoping for a few days away from their dark worlds of murder and the mortuary. But their dream escape turns out to be the holiday from hell, as the past comes back to haunt them.

Produced by Josh Andrews and Peter James and adapted by award winning writer Shaun McKenna, who has adapted the five previous Peter James plays, the production also reunites the creative team from Looking Good Dead, with Jonathan O’Boyle directing, design by Michael Holt, lighting by Jason Taylor and sound by Max Pappenheim.

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