TV legends and stage stars join cast ready to bring story of courage, love and a good pie to Wolverhampton theatre
Some of the biggest names for stage and screen have joined the cast for a smash hit romantic musical comedy set to hit the stage of Wolverhampton's Grand Theatre.
Producers Barry and Fran Weissler and David Ian for Crossroads Live have announced the further casting for the UK and Ireland tour of Waitress, with stage and screen stars Les Dennis as Joe and Sandra Marvin as Becky, and West End star Evelyn Hoskins as Dawn.
They join the previously announced multi award-winning West End star Carrie Hope Fletcher as Jenna when Waitress returns to Wolverhampton Grand Theatre from Monday, June 1 to Saturday, June 6.
Les Dennis is one of the UK’s best-known entertainers with a career in showbusiness spanning more than 50 years.
His West End credits including Inside Number 9: Stage Fright at the Wyndham’s Theatre, Grandad Trotter in Only Fools and Horses The Musical at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, Wilbur in Hairspray opposite Michael Ball at the London Coliseum, King Arthur in Spamalot, Amos Hart in Chicago and Bill in Me and My Girl.
His touring theatre credits include 42nd Street, Art, Legally Blonde, High School Musical 2 and Uncle Fester in the musical comedy The Addams Family and his many TV credits include Michael Rodwell in Coronation Street and a fictional version of himself in Extras.
Sandra Marvin returns to the role of Becky having previously starred in Waitress both in the West End and on tour.
Her many theatre credits include Rabby in Fat Ham at the RSC, Angelique in the UK and Ireland tour of & Juliet, Martha in White Christmas at Sheffield Theatres, Deloris Van Cartier in Sister Act both in the West End and UK tour, Mrs Fezziwig/Mrs Mops in A Christmas Carol at the Dominion Theatre, City of Angels and Committee at the Donmar Warehouse, Miss Motormouth Maybelle in Hairspray at the Shaftesbury Theatre, Queenie in Show Boat at the New London Theatre, Rose in Stepping Out at the Vaudeville Theatre, Porgy and Bess at the Savoy Theatre and Ragtime and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
Her other credits include Bagdad Café at the Old Vic Theatre, Romantics Anonymous at Bristol Old Vic and on tour in the US and Mama Morton in Chicago at Leicester Curve.
On screen, Sandra Marvin is known for playing Jessie Grant/Dingle in Emmerdale and Patricia Williams in Call the Midwife and, in 2016, she performed with Kate Bush on her 22-date sold-out Before the Dawn concerts and features on her live album of the same name.
Evelyn Hoskins returns to the role of Dawn having previously starred in Waitress both in the West End and on tour.
She most recently reprised her role of Carol Van Deusen in 42 Balloons at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, having previously played at the Vaudeville Theatre and Lowry, Salford.
Evelyn’s other stage credits include Something Rotten! in concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Gyspy at the Mill at Sonning, Carrie at the Southwark Playhouse, as well as originating the role of Thea in the London production of Spring Awakening at the Lyric Hammersmith and Novello Theatre.
Carrie Hope Fletcher is an actress, author and vlogger.
Her many theatre credits include Jovie in Elf the Musical at the Aldwych Theatre, the title role in the UK and Ireland tour of Calamity Jane, Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, Veronica Sawyer in Heathers at the Theatre Royal Haymarket and Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family UK and Ireland tour, all of which won her a Best Actress in a Musical award at the WhatsOnStage Awards.
Further credits include Once – In Concert at the London Palladium, Treason – The Musical Concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Elizabeth in The Crown Jewels at the Garrick Theatre and on tour, Grusha in The Caucasian Chalk Circle at the Rose Theatre, Fantine in Les Misérables: The Concert at the Gielgud Theatre, Eponine in Les Misérables at the Queen’s Theatre, winning a WhatOnStage award for Best Takeover in a Role, and Beth in Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds arena tour.
Waitress tells the story of Jenna, an expert pie maker in a small town, who dreams of a way out of her loveless marriage.
A baking contest in a nearby county and the town’s new doctor may offer her a chance at a new life, while her fellow waitresses offer their own recipes to happiness, but Jenna must find the courage and strength within herself to rebuild her life.
