Joe McElderry Returns To Wolverhampton In CLUB TROPICANA the Musical

Star casting is announced today for the world premiere of CLUB TROPICANA THE MUSICAL by Michael Gyngell, a summer adventure of love in the sun, with a soundtrack of smash-hit pop classics all performed live on stage at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre from Monday 29 April - Saturday 4 May 2019.

The star of Grand Theatre's 2016/17 pantomime Aladdin Joe McElderry (X Factor winner and star of Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) heads up the cast with Neil McDermott (Ryan Malloy in EastEnders, Eugenius!, The Wind in the Willows, Shrek), Kate Robbins (Spitting Image, ITV's The Imitation Game, Dinnerladies), Emily Tierney (Eugenius! , Wicked, The Wizard of Oz); and former Sugababe star Amelle Berrabah making her musical theatre debut.

It is completed by Karina Hind, Calvin Hudson, Cellen Chugg Jones, Megan Louch, Rebecca Mendoza, Alexanda O'Reilly, Joshua Pearson,Rory Phelan, Nye Rees, Camilla Rowland, Christina Shand, Courtney-Brogan Smalley, Tara Verloop and Kane Verrall.

Press & PR Manager at the Grand Theatre, Scott Bird said; "the casting for Club Tropicana is hugely exciting. Joe McElderry in particular has established himself with our audiences as a firm Grand Theatre favourite. He joins an extremely talented cast and creative team who will no doubt bring the fun and sunshine to Wolverhampton next year, whatever the weather outside!"

It takes a fun-packed trip back in time to the electric 80's when hair was big, shoulders were padded, girls (and boys) just wanted to have fun and mobile phones were shaped like bricks and weighed a tonne! Welcome to the vibrant Club Tropicana Hotel - the 1980s answer to Love Island - where the drinks are free and the whole family is invited to join the ultimate holiday musical.

When a budding bride and groom get cold feet, they each decide to jet off to sunnier climes and feel the heat - but little do they know they've checked into the same hotel...The sizzling summer season at the Club Tropicana sees drinks flowing and tans glowing. Will our young lovers decide to go through with the wedding? Will the hotel inspectors (finally) get their way and close the resort, or will the staff save the day? All will be revealed in hilarious style, to an irresistible soundtrack of some of the most iconic, chart-topping acts from the 80s, including ABC, Cyndi Lauper, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, a-ha, Culture Club, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, Bucks Fizz and Depeche Mode: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Take On Me, Just Can't Get Enough, Oops Upside Your Head, The Look of Love, Making Your Mind Up, Relax, Islands on the Stream, She Drives Me Crazy, Don't Go, La Dolce Vita, Surprise, Surprise, Church of the Poison Mind, Fantasy Island, Up Where We Belong, I Could Be So Good for You, Fantastic Day and many more!

Tickets for CLUB TROPICANA THE MUSICAL are now on sale from the theatre Box Office, by calling 01902 42 92 12 or online at grandtheatre.co.uk.