According to Whatsonstage.com Samantha Barks has become the latest former I'd Do Anything contestant to get a leading musical role. It has been announced that Barks will play Sally Bowles in the upcoming national tour of Rufus Norris' production of Cabaret.
The production originally opened on 10 October 2006 with
Anna Maxwell Martin as Sally Bowles, and James Dreyfus as the Emcee. The tour kicks off at the Birmingham Repertory theatre on 2 September 2008.
Barks,said in a press announcement: "Cabaret is one of my favourite shows ever and Sally Bowles is such a great part to play. Having met
Liza Minnelli during the filming of I'd Do Anything I'm beside myself with excitement."
After Birmingham, the tour visits Bristol, Liverpool, Nottingham, Manchester, Woking, Cheltenham, Bath, Leeds, Truro, Northampton, Eastbourne, Malvern, Hull and finishes up in Glasgow from 30 March – 4 April 2008.
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