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Fat Friends The Musical
''Fat Friends The Musical'' is a stage musical by Kay Mellor with music by Nick Lloyd Webber, based on Mellor's ITV series ''Fat Friends''. Production History 2017-18 UK tour The musical made its world premiere at the Grand Theatre, Leeds in November 2017, prior to a UK tour from January to June 2018. The tour starred Jodie Prenger as Kelly, Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff in his musical theatre debut as Kevin (alternating with Joel Montague in certain venues), Sam Bailey as Betty (Elaine C. Smith at certain venues), Kevin Kennedy as Fergus, Natalie Anderson as Lauren, Natasha Hamilton as Julia Fleshman and Rachael Wooding as Joanne. 2022 UK tour In June 2021, it was announced the show would embark on a second UK tour. The tour will open in at the Orchard Theatre, Dartford from January 2022 before touring across the UK until July 2022 and will star Jessica Ellis as Kelly, Lee Mead as Kevin, Les Dennis as Fergus and Sherrie Hewson Sherrie Lynn Hutchinson (born 17 September ...
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Nick Lloyd Webber
Nicholas Lloyd Webber (born 22 July 1979) is a Grammy nominated English composer and record producer. He is the son of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and his first wife, Sarah Hugill. Lloyd Webber is known for scoring the BBC 1 drama ''Love, Lies and Records (Rollem Productions),'' a theatrical and symphonic version of ''The Little Prince'' based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (co-writing with James D. Reid), which premiered at the Lyric Theatre Belfast and Theatre Calgary before headlining the Abu Dhabi music and arts festival with the Heritage Orchestra, and for the 2017 musical '' Fat Friends: The Musical'', which premiered at the Grand Theatre in Leeds and subsequently toured the UK in 2018. It will be touring the UK again in 2022. He scored the film ''The Last Bus'' (Hurricane Films 2021), directed by Gillies McKinnon and starring Timothy Spall and Phyllis Logan. He produced the Andrew Lloyd Webber Symphonic Suites at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London, to be r ...
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Natalie Anderson
Natalie Jane Anderson (born on 24 October 1981) is an English actress, singer and television presenter. She is known for her roles as Stella Davenport in the medical drama ''The Royal'' from 2005 to 2008 and Alicia Metcalfe in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' from 2010 to 2015. She also played the role of Nessarose in the London production ''Wicked'' from May 2009 to March 2010. In 2015, she began appearing on the ITV talk shows '' This Morning'' and ''Loose Women'' on a recurring basis; Anderson also portrayed the role of Lexi Calder in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 2021 to 2022. Early and personal life Anderson was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. She was once a Bradford Bulls chearleader. Anderson married fiancé James Shepherd at a ceremony in Harrogate on 6 June 2008. On 1 August 2012, Anderson and her husband had their first son. Career In 2001, Anderson competed in ''Pop Idol''; she narrowly missed out on a place in the live finals after finish ...
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Neil Hurst
Neil Hurst (born 5 June 1982) is an actor and presenter born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England best known for his television and stage theatre career. Adopted by Hull panto audience's Film and television career Hurst first came prominence on British television as the comic sidekick of Vernon Kay on ITV's ''All Star Family Fortunes'', but his career has seen him appear in many other TV roles from drama to comedy and even presenting. His TV credits include: Benny Grew in the 2018 adaptation of Agatha Christie's '' The A.B.C. Murders'', Baz in '' Coronation Street'', Ray Glossop in '' Doctors'', Peter in '' Fresh Meat'', Frank in ''The Syndicate'' and Gary Plunkett in ''Home From Home''. In addition to this he has appeared in small cameo roles in ''Casualty'', '' Moving On'' and ''4 O'Clock Club''. In 2019, Hurst began appearing as a series regular on '' Michael McIntyre's Big Show'' helping Michael McIntyre prank the Unexpected Star of the show. These episodes were fil ...
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Sherrie Hewson
Sherrie Lynn Hutchinson (born 17 September 1950) is an English actress, television personality and novelist. She is known for her roles as Maureen Holdsworth in ''Coronation Street'' (1993–1997, 2006), Virginia Raven in ''Crossroads'' (2001–2003), Lesley Meredith in ''Emmerdale'' (2004–2006) and Joyce Temple-Savage in ''Benidorm'' (2012–2018). Hewson was also a main panellist on lunchtime chat show ''Loose Women'' (2003–2017) and came sixth place in ''Celebrity Big Brother'' in 2015. She has also appeared as Doreen Nesbitt (1979-1980) and Mary Henshaw in '' In Loving Memory'' (1984–1986) and as Jean in '' Barbara'' (1999–2003) on television, and has starred in the films ''Carry On Behind'' (1975), ''The Slipper and the Rose'' (1976) and '' Hanover Street'' (1979). Hewson has also written three books including a fiction book and a cookery book. Early life Born in Beeston, near Nottingham, Hewson was brought up into a show-business family; her father Ronald was ...
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Les Dennis
Leslie Dennis Heseltine (born 12 October 1953) is an English television presenter, actor, and comedian. He presented ''Family Fortunes'' from 1987 until 2002. Early life Dennis was born Leslie Dennis Heseltine on 12 October 1953 in the Liverpool suburb of Garston. His mother worked in a factory while his father, who worked in a betting shop after serving in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, was listed as a football player on the books of Liverpool FC but did not play for the first team. He lived in the suburb of Speke for a while and attended the Stockton Wood and Joseph Williams primary schools, before going to Morrison Rose Lane Secondary Modern school in Allerton. From 1967 he went to Quarry Bank Comprehensive. Dennis left there in June 1972 with an A-level in Art and failed History and English Literature. He had a weekend job in the men's clothing store Burton whilst still at school, and started as a stand-up comedian in working men's clubs. Career Early work and ...
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Lee Mead
Lee Stephen Mead (born 14 July 1981) is an English musical theatre, television actor and occasional singer, best known for winning the title role in the 2007 West End revival of '' Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' through the BBC TV casting show '' Any Dream Will Do''. As well as subsequent West End roles in ''Wicked, Legally Blonde: The Musical'' and The West End Men, Mead has pursued a music career, releasing four solo albums and undertaking concert tours in the UK and Japan. In 2014, he joined the cast of the BBC One drama ''Casualty'', playing the role of Ben 'Lofty' Chiltern, while continuing to tour the UK with his band between filming commitments. He returned to the stage in May 2016 as Caractacus Potts in the UK Tour of '' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang''. In 2017, he returned to the role of Lofty, but in Casualty's sister series, the BBC One drama ''Holby City''. On 9 November 2019 Lee sang Morning Has Broken at the Annual Remembrance Day celebration service ...
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Orchard Theatre, Dartford
The Orchard Theatre is a 1025-seat receiving theatre in the centre of Dartford, Kent. It was built by Dartford Borough Council and opened by The Duke of Kent Duke of Kent is a title that has been created several times in the peerages of peerage of Great Britain, Great Britain and the peerage of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom, most recently as a Royal dukedoms in the United Kingdom, royal dukedom ... on Thursday 14 April 1983. The theatre hosts a range of popular music, comedy, family, dance, drama, classical music and variety events, as well as an annual pantomime. It has been run by Trafalgar Entertainment since March 2021, having been acquired from HQ Theatres which had run it since 2008. References External links {{Commonscat}Official WebsiteTheatres Trust Database: The Orchard

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Rachael Wooding
Rachael Wooding (born 27th September 1979) is an English, Yorkshire born musical theatre performer, best known for her performances in ''We Will Rock You'', playing Meat and Scaramouche. She began her career in musicals in Germany – such as ''Cats'' and ''Starlight Express''. After West End success in ''Saturday Night Fever'' and ''Fame'', she went on to play Amber in the original London cast of '' Hairspray the Musical''. Wooding left ''Hairspray'' in October 2008. She then performed the title role in '' Evita the Musical'' on the UK tour. From March 2011, she featured as Mary Delgado in the West End production of ''Jersey Boys'', before leaving the cast after a year to concentrate on other projects; sometimes as a singer in function band Bloomfield Avenue. In October 2012 she returned to ''We Will Rock You'' to play principal Scaramouche alongside Oliver Tompsett as Galileo. Wooding is a 5' 4" mezzo-soprano. She appeared on ''Britain's Got Talent'' in 2016. For her audition, ...
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Natasha Hamilton
Natasha Maria Hamilton (born 17 July 1982) is an English singer and a member of girl group Atomic Kitten. Hamilton has so far released 19 singles and three studio albums with the band including three number one singles, their biggest being the 2001 single "Whole Again". In 2004, Atomic Kitten announced they would be splitting to pursue solo careers; they reformed in 2005 and again in 2008. In March 2012, Hamilton confirmed the trio would reform officially for the first time since 2004 to tour. Early life Hamilton was born in Kensington, Liverpool, and started singing and performing from the age of 12 in the Starlight Show Group. Her father is mixed race, he is of white and black ancestry. Hamilton attended St. Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and then Broughton Hall Technology College, both situated in her home city of Liverpool. Career Atomic Kitten In May 1999, Hamilton joined Atomic Kitten, a girl group founded by OMD frontman Andy McCluskey, replacing Heidi Ra ...
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Kevin Kennedy (actor)
Kevin Kennedy (born Kevin Patrick Williams, 4 September 1961) is an English actor and musician, best known for playing the character Curly Watts for 20 years in ITV's long-running television soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Early life Kennedy was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester. He attended St. Paul's Catholic High School and was a keen member of Manchester Youth Theatre. Kennedy later studied drama at Manchester Polytechnic. Career Kennedy was in the band the ''Paris Valentinos'' with Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke. Between 1983 and 2003, Kennedy played the character of Norman "Curly" Watts in the TV soap ''Coronation Street''. Among other jobs, the character started as a paperboy, then became a dustman, and was later an assistant manager at a supermarket. The character had two marriages, producing two children; one from each wife. After a short break from acting whilst recovering from an alcohol addiction in 2000, he released a single, "Bulldog Nation", with his band the Bun ...
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Kay Mellor
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