Caroline Flack will be the last Roxie Hart in London Revival of Chicago

Caroline Flack, presenter of the BAFTA Award winner Island of love, will play Roxie Hart in the London production of Chicago from December 10th.

Flack, who made her stage debut as Irene Roth in the national tour of Crazy of you, will remain with the production until his last performance on January 5, 2019 at the Phoenix Theater.

She will join a casting that includes YouTube sensation and Broadway and RuPaul drag racing race star stars Todrick Hall as Billy Flynn, Josefina Gabrielle as Velma Kelly, Mazz Murray as Mama Morton and Paul Rider as Amos Hart. Sarah Soetaert plays the role of Roxie until December 8th.

Flack, who won the 2014 BBC1 series Strictly Come Dancingsaid in a statement: "I imagine playing Roxie since I was a teenager. Having now got the role in the West End is a dream come true. I hope that I am proud of everyone and that I do not fall into the rankings. "

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The award-winning renaissance of John Kander and Fred Ebb & # 39; s Chicago, winner of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards and a Grammy, returned to the West End of London on March 26, 2018, with an opening night on April 11 at the Phoenix.

The musical, based on Maurine Dallas Watkins' play, contains a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse, a music by Kander and lyrics by Ebb.

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