Jay McGuiness and Lorna Luft star in White Christmas at Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Newark's Jay McGuiness takes the starring role in festive classic White Christmas, which comes to Nottingham next week as part of a UK tour.
Irving Berlin’s much-loved musical is at the Theatre Royal from Tuesday to Saturday, November 22-26.
It features numerous timeless classics, including Blue Skies, Sisters, I Love A Piano, Count Your Blessings (Instead Of Sheep) and the most famous festive song of all, White Christmas.
Join veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis as – fuelled by love – the all-singing, all-dancing duo follow the stunning Haynes Sisters, Betty and Judy, to a Vermont lodge for a special Christmas show.
Their journey takes a misstep, and their rhythm is thrown off when they discover the lodge happens to be owned by Bob and Phil’s old Army General, who is in desperate need of their help.
Jay plays Bob Wallace. Alongside him is Lorna Luft (Matha Watson) Michael Starke (General Waverly) Dan Burton (Phil Davis) Jessica Daley (Betty Haynes) and Monique Young (Judy Haynes).
Jay’s theatre credits include Josh Baskin in Big The Musical at the Dominion Theatre and Rip It Up at the Garrick Theatre, both in London’s West End.
He also starred as Sam in new musical Sleepless – A Musical Romance.
However, he is best known as a member of boyband The Wanted, as well as winning BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing in 2015.
Lorna Luft played the role of Martha Watson in the 2016 US tour of White Christmas. Her film credits include Grease 2, Where The Boys Are, 54 and My Giant.
Michael Starke most recently appeared in the UK and Ireland tour of Waitress as Old Joe. He has numerous theatre credits but is best known for his role as Thomas ‘Sinbad’ Sweeney in Channel 4’s Brookside, which he played for 16 years.
Dan Burton reprises his role as Phil Davis, a part he played in this production of White Christmas on tour, at the Dominion Theatre in London’s West End
The cast is completed by Simon Anthony, Tom Bales, Lydia Bannister, George Beet, Imogen Bowtell, Isabel Canning, Gabrielle Cocca, Joseph Craig, Beth Devine, Steve Fortune, Ashton Harkness, Connor Hughes, Owen McHugh, Benjamin Mundy, James Revell, Sadie-Jean Shirley, Matthew Sweet, Lucy Warway, David Winters and Alex Wright.