FULL casting has been announced for the national tour of the all new hit musical comedy Sister Act, directed and choreographed by Strictly Come Dancing star Craig Revel Horwood. Sister Act will be playing at Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday June 6 – Saturday June 17 next year.

Joining the previously announced Alexandra Burke as ‘Deloris Van Cartier’ will be Joanna Francis as ‘Michelle’, Jon Robyns as ‘Eddie’, Karen Mann as ‘Mother Superior’ and Rosemary Ashe as ‘Sister Mary Lazarus’. Alexandra Burke will perform the role of ‘Deloris Van Cartier’ at all evening performances. At the matinee performances, the role of ‘Deloris Van Cartier’ will be played by Joanna Francis.

Aaron Lee Lambert will play ‘Curtis’, Sarah Goggin ‘Sister Mary Robert’, Susannah Van Den Berg ‘Sister Mary Patrick’, Allison Harding ‘Sister Mary Theresa’, Ricky Rojas ‘Pablo’, Samuel Morgan-Grahame as ‘Joey’ and Sandy Grigelis as ‘TJ’.

Alexandra Burke, previously played at Mayflower Theatre as ‘Rachel Marron’ when the national tour of “The Bodyguard” launched in Southampton, a part she also played in the West End. She originally rose to fame after winning the fifth series of The X Factor. Her debut number one single Hallelujah sold over one million copies in the UK, a first for a British female soloist.

Joanna Francis has recently finished performing in the West End production of “The Lion King”.

Jon Robyns has played many leading roles in the West End including ‘Rod/Princeton’ in the original cast of “Avenue Q” at the Noel Coward Theatre, ‘Marius’ in “Les Miserables” at the Queen’s Theatre, and ‘Galahad’ in “Spamalot” at the Harold Pinter and Playhouse Theatres.

Karen Mann’s extensive theatre credits include ‘Golde’ opposite Paul Michael Glaser in the national tour of “Fiddler on the Roof”, the national tour of “I Dreamed A Dream – the Susan Boyle Story, and she most recently appeared in “The Witches”, both at Curve, Leicester and on tour.

Rosemary Ashe’s many West End credits include creating the roles of ‘Carlotta’ in “The Phantom of the Opera” at Her Majesty’s Theatre, ‘Miss Andrew’ in “Mary Poppins” at the Prince Edward Theatre and ‘Felicia Gabriel’ in “The Witches of Eastwick” at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Jamie Wilson's production will be directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood.The piece is based on the film starring Whoopi Goldberg and Maggie Smith and tells of a disco singer who has to hide out and pretend to be a nun. The show features original music by Alan Menken, with lyrics by Glenn Slater and a book by Cheri and Bill Steinkellner.

Tickets for Sister Act (Tuesday 6 – Saturday 17 June 2017) are on sale from Mayflower Theatre Box Office tel: 02380 711811 or online at mayflower.org.uk. Ovation restaurant bookings: 02380 711833