His first stage musical role

John Thomson is to join the UK tour of Hairspray as Wilbur Turnblad.

He will take the role of the father of protagonist Tracy  for three weeks at Blackpool Winter Gardens starting on December 13.

It is the Cold Feet and Fast Show star’s first musical theatre role, and he will be joining Brenda Edwards as Motormouth Maybelle, Alex Bourne as  Edna Turnblad and Katie Brace as Tracy, her  professional stage role.

The tour was due to begin in August 2020 but was delayed due to the pandemic. Performances finally began at Theatre Royal Plymouth in June thus year.

Published: 1 Oct 2021