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Peter Andre to play Vince Fontaine in GREASE at the Dominion Theatre

Photo credit: Hugo Glendinning

Peter Andre will make his West End debut playing the role of Vince Fontaine at certain performances in a new production of Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey’s iconic musical Grease, previewing at the Dominion Theatre from 3 May 2022.

Diirected by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Arlene Phillips, the cast also includes Dan Partridge (Hairspray, UK tour; MAMMA MIA! West End) as Danny and Olivia Moore (Waitress, West End; Heathers, West End) as Sandy, with Jocasta Almgill (& Juliet, West End) as Rizzo, Paul French (Grease, UK tour) as Kenickie, Mary Moore (Little Women, Park Theatre) as Jan, Jake Reynolds (professional debut) as Doody, Lizzy-Rose Esin-Kelly (A Chorus Line, Curve) as Marty, Damon Gould (Pretty Woman: The Musical, West End) as Sonny, Eloise Davies (Be More Chill, The Other Palace) as Frenchie, Jessica Croll (Hairspray, UK tour) as Patty Simcox, Katie Lee (Matilda The Musical, West End) as Cha Cha, Ronan Burns (West Side Story, Curve) as Johnny Casino and Corinna Powlesland (An Officer and A Gentleman, Regents Park Open Air Theatre) as Miss Lynch. Darren Bennett (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, West End) will play Officer Mailie and Vince Fontaine at certain performances.

They are joined by Jack Harrison-Cooper, Pearce Barron, Rishard-Kyro Nelson, Ellie Kingdon, Remi Ferdinand, Kalisha Johnson, Imogen Bailey, Kevin O’Dwyer and Carly Miles. Further casting is to be announced.

Peter Andre said: “I'm beyond excited to be making my West End debut playing Vince Fontaine in Grease at the beautiful Dominion Theatre. Grease is such an iconic musical and we can guarantee audiences will have the most wonderful evening listening to songs we all know and love. We can't wait to see you there!"

Grease has design by Colin Richmond, orchestrations and musical supervision by Sarah Travis, lighting by Ben Cracknell, sound by Tom Marshall and Richard Brooker, and video and projection by Douglas O’Connell.

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