Cast and dates for Tour of Grease the Musical

The West End production of Grease the Musical ends at the Piccadilly Theatre ends on 30th April. It then goes on tour starting on 6th May at the Edinburgh Playhouse and currently finishing at the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham on 31st December.

The cast for the tour of Grease the Musical has just been announced:  Danny Bayne (pictured) is playing Danny Zuko. He won ITV's Grease is the Word in 2007 and went on to make his West End debut as Danny. His other theatre credits include: Top Cat the Musical, Snow White, On Show at the Royal Albert Hall, Popcorn, Cinderella at Crawley and Corny Collins in the tour of Hairspray.

Carina Gillespie is already playing Sandy in the West End production of Grease. She made her professional stage debut as Maria Elena in the musical Buddy and other credits include Bloodbath - The Musical and Princess Tamara in Jack in the Beanstalk in Ipswich.

The cast will also include: Ricky Rojas (Kenickie), Kate Somerset How (Rizzo), Derek Andrews (Roger), Laura Wilson (Jan), Richard Vincent (Doody), Lauren Stroud (Frenchy), Josh Dever (Sonny), Lois Urwin (Marty), Darren John (Eugene), Sammy Kelly (Patty), Jason Capewell (Teen Angel / Vince Fontaine), Nancy Hill (Miss Lynch) and Sophie Zucchini as Cha Cha with other parts played by the ensemble