Strictly Come Dancing winner Ellie Leach will make her stage debut in 2024, starring as Miss Scarlett in the UK tour of Cluedo 2 – The Next Chapter.
Ellie is also known to millions of viewers as Faye Windass in Coronation Street. The show originally announced Coronation Street’s Helen Flanagan was playing Miss Scarlett, however she has had to withdraw from the production for medical reasons.
Following the success of the original Cluedo play, based on the classic Hasbro boardgame, the show is back in a brand new, original comedy mystery, set in the swinging 60’s.
Starring alongside Ellie will be leading West End actor and TV favourite Jason Durr, who stars as Colonel Mustard. Most recently seen as David Hide in BBC One’s Casualty, and has starred in shows including Heartbeat.
Cluedo 2 is written by one of the UK’s most successful TV and stage writing duos, BAFTA Award winning writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran (Birds of a Feather, Goodnight Sweetheart and Dreamboats and Petticoats) and is directed by Mark Bell (The Play That Goes Wrong, A Comedy About a Bank Robbery).
Cluedo 2 kicks off at Richmond Theatre on 29 February 2024, and visits theatres across the UK until July 2024.
The cast of the play also includes Jack Bennett as Wadsworth, Hannah Boyce as Mrs Peacock, Dawn Buckland as Mrs White, Liam Horrigan as Mr Black, Edward Howells as Professor Plum, Tiwai Muza as PC Silver and Gabriel Paul as Reverend Green, with Kara Alberts-Turner, Audrey Anderson and Henry Lawes.
The creative team also includes Set and Costume Design by David Farley, Lighting by Jason Taylor, Sound by Jon Fiber and Movement Direction by Anna Healey.
As the bodies pile up, Cluedo’s colourful characters – The Honourable Mrs Emerald Peacock, Colonel Eugene Mustard, ‘Professor’ Alex Plum, Miss Annabel Scarlett, ‘The Reverend’ Hal Green and the housekeeper Mrs White – move from room to room trying to escape the murderer and survive the night.
Ellie Leach said in a statement: “After an incredible year I’m so excited to join the cast of Cluedo 2. I am delighted to make my stage acting debut as Miss Scarlett and I can’t wait to work with Jason and the talented cast.”
Jason Durr said: “I’m thrilled to be joining the cast of Cluedo 2 as Colonel Mustard. I was a huge fan of the Cluedo board game as a child and the Colonel is such a great character. I am looking forward to bringing laughter and this ultimate whodunnit to audiences across the UK in its 75th anniversary year.”
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