Davies to Lead 'Come Dancing' Cast

According to What's On Stage, The Kinks' Ray Davies is confirmed for the lead in the world premiere of his musical Come Dancing, which will have a limited run from 24 September to 25 October 2008  at east London's Theatre Royal Stratford East.

The musician, singer, songwriter and former Kinks' leader will make his musical debut as Terry, the show's narrator. Come Dancing is loosely based on Davies' own childhood when he watched his sisters go out with their latest boyfriends to dances on a Saturday night. It was, according to Davies, the era just before rock and pop came into being and 'the big band sound' dominated the music scene. Set in and around the Ilford Palais in the 1950s, the new musical is made up of original songs.

In the Come Dancing cast, Davies is joined by Alasdair Harvey, Anthony Flaum, Bradley Clarkson, Delroy Atkinson, Gemma Salter, Katey Munroe, Katherine James, Marcus Ellard, Martin George, Samantha Hughes, Stephen Lloyd and Wendy Mae Brown.

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