Steps star Lee Latchford-Evans will star alongside The Wanted band member and 2015 Strictly Come Dancing winner Jay McGuiness in global sensation & Juliet at His Majesty’s Theatre in Aberdeen from February 4-8.
Lee will play Lance and Jay will appear as Shakespeare, joining cast members Gerardine Sacdalan as Juliet, Lara Denning as Anne, Sandra Marvin as Angelique, Jack Danson as Romeo, Kyle Cox as Francois and Jordan Broatch as May.
Aberdeen Performing Arts Director of Programming and Creative Projects, Ben Torrie, said: “We are tremendously excited about this fun, smart and hugely entertaining production coming to the His Majesty’s Theatre stage.”
“Every scene is bursting with energy from an incredibly talented cast and full of hit songs with a lovely, heart-warming message at its heart. It would be a tragedy to miss it!”
Created by David West Read, the Emmy-winning writer from “Schitt’s Creek,” this hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told and asks, what would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo?
Juliet’s new story bursts to life through a playlist of pop anthems as iconic as her name, including Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time,” Katy Perry’s “Roar” and chart toppers “Since U Been Gone,” “It’s My Life,” “I Want It That Way,” and “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” — all from Max Martin, the genius songwriter/producer behind more #1 hits than any other artist this century, and his collaborators.
Lee Latchford-Evans is best known for being one fifth of the UK pop phenomenon Steps. Steps are the UK’s most successful mixed gender pop group of all time with 14 top five singles, over 22 million record sales, 500 million streams, 11 sold out national tours, achieving numerous awards including the prestigious Brit Award, Attitude’s ‘Icon’ award and are now making history by becoming the first British mixed gender group to achieve a No1 in four
consecutive decades.
Lee has had a successful career on stage with some of his theatre credits including Teen Angel in Grease (West End), Christian in Wolfboy (Edinbrugh Fringe Festival) and Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small (UK Tour),
Jay McGuiness is best known as a vocalist in the chart-topping band The Wanted. Their debut single, “All Time Low,” hit the No. 1 spot on the UK singles chart and the band went on to have two further No. 1 and 5 Top 10 singles including the global hit ‘Glad You Came’. After taking a break from The Wanted in 2013, Jay was confirmed as a celebrity contestant on Strictly Come Dancing where he wowed audiences with his routines and went on to be crowned Strictly champion for 2015. His now infamous Jive to the music from Pulp Fiction has
become the show’s most watched routine ever, amassing over 8 million hits on You Tube.
Jay’s other theatre work includes starring in Rip It Up, a 60’s song and dance show at London’s Garrick Theatre, Bob Wallace in the touring production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas in 2022 and Danny in the award-winning production of the Robbins play 2:22- A Ghost Story, appearing in the show at His Majesty’s in 2024.
Tickets are on sale now, available from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com, phone (01224) 641122 or visit the box office at His Majesty’s Theatre or the Music Hall.
