A world première of the official Stock Aitken Waterman musical I Should Be So Lucky will open at Manchester Opera House November 2 before embarking on a UK tour.
Kylie Minogue will digitally appear throughout the show.
The full cast includes Kayla Carter (The Color Purple, Bedknobs and Broomsticks) as Bonnie, Jamie Chapman (Nativity! The Musical, The Mousetrap) as Spencer, Jemma Churchill (Guys and Dolls, Nativity! THe Musical) as Ivy, Matthew Croke (Wicked, Aladdin) as Nadeem, Jessica Daley (Mamma Mia!, Les Misérables) as Britney, Gary Davis (Annie, Oklahoma!) as Big Mike, Melissa Jacques (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Mamma Mia!) as Shelley, Scott Paige (The Great British Bake Off Musical, Made in Dagenham) as Michael, Billy Roberts (Rock of Ages, Titanic The Musical) as Nathan, Giovanni Spanò (Jesus Christ Superstar, Bat Out of Hell) as Ash, Lucie-Mae Sumner (Mary Poppins, Guys and Dolls) as Ella and Anna Unwin (Aspects of Love) as Olivia. The cast is completed by Tegan Bannister, Ralph Bogard, Elliot Broadfoot, Emma Crossley, Kade Ferraiolo, Sydney Isitt-Ager, Joe Kelly, Aidan Nightingale, James Willoughby Moore, Lauren Woolf and Louie Wood.
The musical featureds the soundtrack of a generation including Kylie ("I Should Be So Lucky"), Rick Astley ("Never Gonna Give You Up"), Jason Donovan ("Too Many Broken Hearts") and Bananarama ("Love In The First Degree").
Ella and Nathan, a young couple, hopelessly in love and about to take the biggest step of their lives—marriage. Until it doesn’t go quite to plan. Will they be together forever, or will he make her cry and say goodbye?
The show will also reach Sunderland Empire’s stage April 22–27, 2024.