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Aaron Sidwell will be reprising his role as ‘Michael Carrington’ and Courtney Bowman will be ‘Sharon’ in the tenth anniversary concert of Cool Rider at The London Palladium on Sunday 14th April 2024.

Ope Sowande will be appearing as ‘Trey’ and Alessia McDermott as ‘Ensemble’ in the world premiere of ‘Burlesque’ adapted for the stage from the 2010 film. It opens at the Manchester Opera House on 13th June 2024.

Nicole Barber-Lane returns as ‘Myra McQueen’ in Hollyoaks. Watch live on E4 or on catch up on All4.

Jon Tsouras appears as ‘Dave’, Tavio Wright as ‘Ensemble/Jessie Jackson’, and Kalisha Johnson as ‘Swing’ in the West End Transfer of MJ the Musical. The production opens at the Prince Edward Theatre on 6th March.

Emma Rice’s stage adaptation of The Buddha of Suburbia opens 18th April at the RSC in co-production with Wise Children. Etta Murfitt is the Choreographer and Rina Fatania appears as ‘Tracey/Jeeta/Marlene/Auntie Jean’.

Wayne Cater appears as ‘Jules’ in the 16th January episode of Emmerdale on ITV1 and ITVX

Owen McHugh, Alessia McDermott and Simeon Wynne will be appearing in the exclusive 2 week developmental run of Clueless the Musical at The Churchill Theatre, Bromley.

Adam Best can be seen as ‘Jared Power’ in season 3 of Hope Street available now on BBC iPlayer and Britbox, with episodes airing weekly on BBC One NI.

Aaron Sidwell can be seen as ‘Luther Underwood’ in S11 Ep5 of Father Brown, available now on BBC iPlayer and on BBC One at 1:45pm on Friday 2nd February.

Gillian Kirkpatrick will be starring as ‘Moriarty’ in the new rock musical at The Watermill Theatre, Newbury from Friday 2nd Feb to Saturday 16th March 2024.