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Stars announced for the Addams Family at Wolverhampton's Grand Theatre

Samantha Womack, Les Dennis and Carrie Hope Fletcher will star as Morticia, Fester and Wednesday Addams in the UK & Irish premiere of The Addams Family at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre from October 17 to October 21 2017.

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The Addams Family is a musical comedy, with book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, based on the characters created by Charles Addams.

Wednesday Addams has grown up and has a shocking secret that only Gomez knows; she's fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family! Now, Gomez Addams must do something he's never done before — keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday's "normal" boyfriend and his parents, and hilarity ensues.

Samantha Womack will take on the role of Morticia Addams fresh from leaving BBC1's EastEnders after nearly a decade as Ronnie Mitchell.

Her stage credits include Nellie Forbush in the Lincoln Center Theater's Tony Award-winning production of South Pacific, Michael Grandage's West End production of Guys & Dolls opposite Patrick Swayze, and Peter Hall's production of Pinter's Betrayal.

Les Dennis spent the last three years playing burglar-turned-Romeo, Michael Rodwell, in ITV's Coronation Street.

Les's stage credits include the musicals Me & My Girl, Chicago, Monty Python's Spamalot and Hairspray. He took a hit one-man play Jigsy, to the Edinburgh Fringe and, in 2016, produced and starred in the sell-out 40th anniversary production of Alan Bleasdale's Down the Dock Road at the Royal Court Liverpool.

Carrie Hope Fletcher's recent theatre credits include Eponine in Les Misérables, Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Beth in Jeff Wayne's Arena Tour War of the Worlds, and Wind in the Willows. In 2015, Carrie released her first book, All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully, and her second book, On the Other Side, was released in July 2016.

The Addams Family will also feature at Birmingham Hippodrome from June 6 to June 10.

For further information, please visit www.theaddamsfamily.co.uk

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