The classic musical Crazy for You is soon to reappear around the UK, as it embarks on a UK tour this summer. Adding to the excitement of the musical reopening, television presenter Caroline Flack will make her stage debut in the UK tour. Flack previously won the 2014 series of Strictly Come Dancing – and trained at Bodyworks in Cambridge – so a step onto the musical theatre stage will not be at all taxing for the performer.
Flack is best known for presenting television programmes such as Love Island and The X Factor, her musical theatre training lending itself well to this line of work. It is not known if Flack’s move into musical theatre will be a permanent one, or whether she will return to presenting after the tour. Whilst involved in the production tour, however, Flack will play Irene. The production will also star Tom Chambers, who will reprise his role as Bobby from the Watermill’s production last year.
Directed by Paul Hart, Ira and George Gershwin’s musical comedy is about a wealthy man who falls in love with the daughter of the owner of a failing theatre in Nevada. It features the songs “I Got Rhythm”, “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”, and “Embraceable You”.
Crazy for You will open at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth on 17 August before touring the UK. It will head to Leeds (29 August to 2 September), Cardiff (5 to 10 September), Newcastle (12 to 16 September), Dublin (19 to 23 September), Southend (26 to 30 September), Nottingham (3 to 7 October), Bristol (10 to 14 October), Birmingham (24 to 28 October), Norwich (31 October to 4 November), Sheffield (7 to 11 November), Southampton (21 to 25 November), Manchester (28 November to 2 December) and Liverpool (5 to 9 December).