IN Betweeners' actress Emily Atack is to star in the UK tour of Breakfast at Tiffany's - and comes to Scotland in May and June.
Emily will share the role of Holly Golightly in the production from May 2-7 in Aberdeen's His Majesty's, May 23 - May 28 in Glasgow's Theatre Royal and May 30 -June 4 in Edinburgh's Kings Theatre after she was drafted in to replace Verity Rushworth, who has had to withdraw because she is expecting her first child.
Emily will now share the role with Pixie Lott, whose dates, including the West End season, have been announced previously.
The blonde actress recently starred in the remake of Dad’s Army, which topped the UK box office earlier this year, but is best known for her role as Charlotte Hinchcliffe in the award-winning E4 series The Inbetweeners.
Before acceoting the role as Holly Golightly she shot Iron Sky 2 alongside comedian Tom Green, and Lies We Tell opposite Harvey Keitel, Gabriel Byrne and Gina McKee.
She said of her new role, "I am so flattered and honoured to be playing Holly Golightly; to take such an iconic role as my stage debut is both incredibly exciting and challenging. I can't wait to get started and plan to have as much fun with it as possible. I'm very much looking forward to getting in front of an audience and going on this journey with them every night.”Also in the cast of Breakfast at Tiffany’s are Matt Barber (Atticus Aldridge in Downton Abbey) as Fred, Victor McGuire (the sit-coms Trollied and Bread) as Joe Bell, Robert Calvert as Doc, Naomi Cranston as Mag, Charlie De Melo as José, Tim Frances as Rusty Trawler/Editor at 21, Andrew Joshi as Yunioshi, Melanie La Barrie as Mme Spanella, and Sevan Stephan as OJ Berman/Dr Goldman, with Katy Allen and Andy Watkins.
Based on Truman Capote’s beloved masterwork, Breakfast at Tiffany’s is set in New York in 1943. Fred, a young writer from Louisiana, meets Holly Golightly, a charming, vivacious and utterly elusive good-time girl. Everyone falls in love with Holly – including Fred. But Fred is poor, and Holly’s other suitors include a playboy millionaire and the future president of Brazil. As war rages on in Europe, Holly begins to fall in love with Fred – just as her past catches up with her.
TOUR SCHEDULE 2016*3 – 12 MarchLEICESTER 0116 242 3595 Curve www.curveonline.co.uk LEEDS 0844 848 2700 Grand Theatre www.leedsgrandtheatre.com *12 – 16 AprilSALFORD 0843 208 6000 Lowry Theatre www.thelowry.com *18 – 23 AprilBIRMINGHAM 0844 871 3011 *25 – 30 AprilSOUTHAMPTON 02380 711811 **2 – 7 May ABERDEEN01224 641122 His Majesty’s www.aberdeenperformingarts.com **9 –14 May NOTTINGHAM 0115 989 5555Theatre Royal www.trch.co.uk 01225 448844 (on sale spring 2016) Theatre Royal www.theatreroyal.org.uk 0844 871 7647 Theatre Royal www.atgtickets.com/glasgow **30 May – 4 June EDINBURGH0131 529 6000 King’s Theatre www.edtheatres.com **6 – 11 June HIGH WYCOMBE 01494 512 000Wycombe Swan www.wycombeswan.co.uk *13 – 18 JuneDUBLIN 0818 719 377 *20 – 25 JunePLYMOUTH 01752 267222 Theatre Royal www.theatreroyal.com *30 June – 17 September LONDON020 7930 8800 Theatre Royal Haymarket www.trh.co.uk *Pixie Lott Dates**Emily Atack Dates
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