Alice Barlow and Michelle Gayle to join Son of a Preacher Man UK tour next year

Alice Barlow and Michelle Gayle will be joining the cast of the tour of Son of a Preacher Man from the 16th January 2018 playing  Kat and Alison.  They will be taking over the roles from Debra Stephenson and Diana Vickers who are leaving the tour at the end of this year.  they join the tour from 12th February and 3rd March respectively.

Barlow is best known for her roles in Coronation Street, Hollyoaks, and Drifters, while Gayle's acting credits include Grange Hill and EastEnders, and as a singer has achieved six top 20 hits.

Casting announced for tour of Son of a Preacher Man

Casting has been announced for the UK tour of new musical Son of a Preacher Man, which opens in Bromley in September.

Joining the previously announced Diana Vickers, Debra Stephenson and Ian Reddington will be Michael Howe, Michelle Long, Kate Hardisty, Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong, Lewis Kidd, Liam Vincent-Kilbride, Jon Bonner, Rachel McAllister, Ellie-Jane Goddard, Gary Mitchinson and Jess Barker.

Craig Revel Horwood to direct new musical Son of a Preacher Man featuring hits of Dusty Springfield

Craig Revel Horwood is to  direct a tour of Warner Brown's new musical Son Of A Preacher Man:
Louise Redknapp (who is keen to do something in musical theatre and who reached the final of the last series of Strictly Come Dancing on which Revel Horwood was a judge) is being considered for a lead role in a funny and sweetly touching new musical featuring the greatest hits of Dusty Springfield.  

It  looks  at the lives of three broken hearted strangers who are seeking the man who can heal them. The Preacher Man, is a swinging 1960s Soho joint where the kids danced the night away to the latest crazes and dared to dream of love, while the legendary owner, The Preacher Man himself, dispensed advice to cure the loneliest of hearts. Producer John Sachs said the show will use a lot of songs associated with Dusty Springfield, including the title track, which was featured on the classic 1968 Dusty In Memphis album, though it's not about her at all.

Son Of A Preacher Man  will embark on an autumn tour starting at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley from September 4 and is currently due to visit  venues including Manchester, York, Stoke, Oxford and WImbledon.