Take a sneak peek at Wolverhampton Grand's brand new show to debut at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre is celebrating its first production to be presented at the prestigious festival, and are offering a first glimpse at rehearsal photos.

The show, called I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, explores modern relationships in 'all their forms'. The director hopes to bring the audience the 'funny and relatable' side of relationships, as well as the tender and intimate moments.

Through sketches and songs, act one will 'explore the journey' from dating and waiting to love and marriage, while the second act reveals the agonies and triumphs of in-laws and newborns, trips in the family car and 'pick-up techniques' of the geriatric set.

Directed by Karl Steele and featuring Megan Carole, Sarah Pearson, Bradley Walwyn and Sam Willison, with musical direction by Nick Allen, the show is one of the longest-running off-Broadway revues in history and will be presented as a brand new production by the city's Grand Theatre at theSpaceUK, Surgeon's Hall, which is just a minute away from Edinburgh's famous Royal Mile.

Written by Joe DiPietro and with music by Jimmy Roberts, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change will play at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from August 2 - 24.

Director Karl Steele said: "Audiences will recognise the hilariously relatable annoyances that all relationships have and explore all the stages of relationships from those awkward first dates to falling in love and married life with kids. The story is intertwined with more tender and intimate moments too that make for one hugely entertaining musical that is both hilarious yet heartfelt. With such a personal and relatable subject matter, the key to creating the perfect experience in which to present this piece is in the immersive, up close and personal staging this production will feature."

Award-winning writer Joe DiPietro has a number of credits under his belt, including Broadway: Diana (also on Netflix), Nice Work If You Can Get It starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara, Memphis (4 Tony Awards, including Best Book, Best Score and Best Musical), and All Shook Up, Living on Love (starring Renee Fleming), with his musicals and plays receiving thousands of productions across the country and the world.

It has since played in all 50 states as well as over 25 countries around the world.

Coposer Jimmy Roberts also collaborated with Joe DiPietro on award-winning musical The Thing About Men (2003). His latest musical, Welcome to the Big Dipper, written with Catherine Filloux and John Daggett, had several successful New York readings and is now on the way to a full production.

A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with noted pianist Constance Keene, Jimmy Roberts is also a poet, with several of his poems appearing in The New York Times.

For more information on performances and tickets for I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change in Edinburgh, visit tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on.