Oscar award-winning actress Hayley Mills will star in the upcoming UK tour of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, it has been revealed.

Mills will play Evelyn Greenslove in this brand new stage adaptation, and will perform alongside Paula Wilcox as Muriel Donnelly and Paul Nicholas as Douglas Ainslie. Further casting will be announced in due course.

Of today’s announcement, Hayley Mills said: “I am delighted to join the company of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, as this beautiful story of love and the importance of new beginnings receives a new life as a fantastically feel-good stage play. Tales that warm the heart and lift the spirit are a much-needed tonic at this time and I am thrilled to be visiting so many of the UK's beautiful towns and cities as part of the production's exciting journey, later this year."

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is written by Deborah Moggach, adapted from her bestselling novel These Foolish Things, and will be directed by Lucy Bailey.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel will open at the Richmond Theatre on 30 August, prior to a UK tour and West End run.

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