Lloyd Daniels, Former X Factor contestant, and Danielle Hope, Winner of BBC's Over the Rainbow will star in Bill Kenwright's touring production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as Joseph and the Narrator. Ex-EastEnders actor Matthew Lapinskas will also star as Pharaoh.
Joseph started life in 1968 as a 20-minute entertainment for an end-of-term school concert. By the time it received its Broadway premiere in 1982, it had been expanded into a full two-hour show. With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, Joseph’s popular score includes the songs "Any Dream Will Do", "Close Every Door to Me", “Go, Go, Go Joseph”, “Those Canaan Days”, “Benjamin Calypso” and "One More Angel in Heaven".
Danielle Hope spent a year as Eponine in Cameron Mackintosh's Les Miserables at the Queen's Theatre. Her professional debut was as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium in February 2011, after capturing the hearts of the country and winning the BBC's smash hit Over The Rainbow having competed against over 9,000 girls. She recently starred in The Last Five Years at the Greenwich Theatre.
Lloyd Daniels was a contestant on the X Factor in 2009, he was the youngest contestant that year to make it into the live finals, finishing in fifth place.He is currently recording his debut album. He has starred in numerous pantomimes and recently featured in the national tour of play Up4 a meet.
Matthew Lapinskas is best known for his role as Antony Moon on Eastenders.
Confirmed Tour Dates:
Theatre Royal Windsor 21 Jul - 2 Aug
Cliffs Pavillion Southend 4 - 9 Aug
Bord Gais Theatre Dublin 12 - 23 Aug
Hall for Cornwall Truro 25 - 30 Aug
New Victoria Theatre Woking 2 - 6 Sep
Regent Theatre Stoke 15 - 20 Sep
Churchill Theatre Bromley 22 - 27 Sep
Opera House Cork 30 Sep - 4 Oct
Sands Theatre Carlisle 7 - 11 Oct
Empire Theatre Liverpool 14 - 18 Oct
Palace Theatre Manchester 21 - 25 Oct
Theatre Royal Norwich 28 Oct - 1 Nov
Assembly Hall Theatre Tunbridge Wells 4 - 8 Nov
Swan High Wycombe 25 - 29 Nov
Civic Theatre Darlington 17 - 22 Nov
