Kay Mellor's FAT FRIENDS THE MUSICAL starring LEE MEAD to tour the UK and Ireland
Following a highly successful sell-out tour in 2017, Kay Mellor’s smash hit FAT FRIENDS THE MUSICAL will return to tour the UK and Ireland, opening at Dartford Orchard Theatre on 14 January 2022.
The show will star Lee Mead as ‘Paul’ with further casting to be announced soon.
The tour will visit cities countrywide including Cardiff, Leeds, Edinburgh, Dublin, Salford, Southampton, Wolverhampton, Canterbury and Newcastle, Norwich and Plymouth.
Based on the hit ITV show Fat Friends starring James Corden and Ruth Jones, Fat Friends - The Musical reunites our favourite foodie friends as they are put through their Zumba paces at their local slimming club, whilst Kelly fantasises about fitting into the wedding dress of her dreams. This show of hope, humour, love and weight loss, delivers a fun night out full of laughter and encourages us all, as the final song sings, to Love Who You Are!
Kay Mellor said: “Issues of body image and online trolling are more pertinent today than ever, and will resonate with people everywhere. Despite this, using song, dance and humour I can guarantee that audiences will leave the show with a smile on their face and feeling better about themselves – something we all need right now. I’m delighted to be remounting Fat Friends the Musical, thrilled to be working with the brilliant and talented Lee Mead and can’t wait for us to bring the show to so many fantastic venues around the UK and Ireland.”
Lee Mead said: “I am so excited to be returning to musical theatre after an enjoyable few years on Casualty and Holby City and I’m so thrilled to be starring in Fat Friends The Musical. I saw the show when it first ran and absolutely loved it, so I can’t wait to now play the lovelorn vicar, Paul. I’m so looking forward to performing live again to wonderful audiences around the country and working with the incredible and iconic Kay Mellor.”
FAT FRIENDS THE MUSICAL is created, directed and has a book and lyrics by the multi award winning Kay Mellor, with original music by Nicholas Lloyd Webber, design by Bretta Gerecke, choreography by Karen Bruce, sound by Ben Harrison, lighting by Nick Richings, and orchestrations, arrangements and musical supervision by Simon Lee.
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