Actress and singer Samantha Womack is to join her actor husband Mark Womack for the world premiere of Hope, which opens at Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre in March.

It will be the first time ever the couple have acted together on stage, although they have previously appeared together on television, in the hit I.T.V. police drama, Liverpool 1. It will also be the first time that Ms. Womack has appeared on stage in Liverpool since her spellbinding performance in South Pacific.

Samantha Womack joins the previously announced cast members of Hope, which as well as husband Mark, also stars television and film actor René Zagger and the play’s writer and director, Scot Williams.