Comedy drama The Ruby Slippers, set in a fictional Blackpool drag club, is to première at Funny Girls, an actual drag club in Blackpool.
The play, about love, friendship and identity will be in the resort on November 2, the first theatrical play ever to perform at the venue since it opened. The show also performs at St Helens Theatre Royal on November 3 and the Epstein Theatre in Liverpool on November 5. The show is set to tour nationally in 2017.
The two-act comedy drama comes from writers Emma Culshaw and David Paul and is directed by Mark Heller. It explores transgender issues rarely seen on the theatre stage.
The cast is led by James Rogerson as Raz and Jamie Paul as Ryan, joined by Debra Redcliffe (Helen), Emma Vaudrey (Laura), Owen Richard Farrow (Destiny) and Jordan Simms (Phoenix).
The show is created by Break A Leg Production in association with Bill Elms.