St. Helens Theatre Royal is very excited to announce that X Factor winner Joe McElderry will be donning the dazzling coat of many colours as he steps into the title role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat from February 23rd to Saturday 27th February.
The U.K.’s longest running musical comes to the Theatre Royal in February 2016 starring the singer/songwriter from South Shields who took the X Factor crown in 2009 in the lead role of Joseph.
This vibrant and exciting retelling of the biblical story about Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colours sings out to young and old alike with a score which is crammed wall to wall with hits, including Jacob and Sons, Close Every Door and Any Dream Will Do.
Britain’s Got Talent’s Lucy Kay will play the Narrator in the upcoming show. Ms. Kay scored her first number one album in 2014, after her stunning debut album Fantasia shot straight to the top of the Classical Album Chart. The singer, originally from Leicestershire, shot to fame and captured the country’s hearts as runner up on Britain’s Got Talent in 2014.
Following her success on the show, Lucy also recorded the song Flower of Scotland with the band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Navy. Lucy was also a special guest on Andrea Bocelli’s 2014 tour.
Joe was just 18 when won the sixth series of The X Factor having been mentored by Girls Aloud star Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and beating off fierce competition from Olly Murs and Stacey Solomon. Joe then soared to number one on the UK Singles Charts with his rendition of Miley Cyrus’s The Climb and his debut album Wide Awake went straight in at number three on the U.K. Album Chart. He has since gone on to have two more top ten albums, and he became the first X Factor star to release four albums, with a fifth in the making.
Tickets for Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat are priced from £23 and can be purchased from the Theatre Royal Box office, by telephone on 01744756000 or online at www.sthelenstheatreroyal.com.