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Former Coronation Street star Sally Ann Matthews is set to join the cast of the UK & Ireland tour of Here & Now – The Steps Musical.

Sally Ann will star as Patricia in the show from 23 January 2026. The role was originated by Finty Williams, who finished her run in December.

Sally Ann Matthews is best known for playing the role of Jenny Bradley in ITV’s Coronation Street. Her previous stage credits include Mum’s The Word, The Business of Murder, Present Laughter, Killing Time and The Accrington Pals; and onscreen roles in Murdered by My Boyfriend, The 4 O’Clock Club, My Mad Fat Diary, EastEnders, Being Human, Brassed Off and more.

The cast of Here & Now also includes Lara Denning as Caz, Jacqui Dubois (Ghost The Musical) as Vel, Blake Patrick Anderson (Emojiland; RENT) as Robbie, Rosie Singha (& Juliet) as Neeta, River Medway (RuPaul’s Drag Race UK) as Jem, Edward Baker Duly (The King and I; The Third Man) as Max, Ben Darcy (Pretty Woman) as Ben, John Stacey (Kiss Me Kate; My Fair Lady) as Lesley, Chris Grahamson (NOW That’s What I Call A Musical) as Gareth, and Lauren Woolf (I Should Be So Lucky) as Tracey.

The company is completed by Georgia Christofi, Kade Ferraiolo, Albert Green, Harry Jack, Casey Jay, Charlie-Jay Johnson, Rosemary Annabella Nkrumah, Dean Rickards, Markus Södergren, Genevieve Taylor, Jessica Vaux, and Jack Palmer.

The tour starts up again on 20 January in Southampton, before heading to Belfast, Cardiff, York, Oxford, Edinburgh, Wolverhampton, Truro, Plymouth, Milton Keynes, Blackpool, Norwich, Hull, Leicester, Leeds, and Canterbury. See all dates and booking info.

Previous cast photos

Here & Now is the official new musical featuring all of the hit songs from pop phenomenon Steps.

This fun new show is directed by Rachel Kavanaugh (Clueless, A Knight’s Tale, The Great British Bake Off Musical), with choreography by Olivier Award winner Matt Cole (Disney’s Newsies), and an original book by Shaun Kitchener (Hollyoaks).

Here & Now – The Steps Musical is packed full of Steps’ hit songs, including Tragedy/Heartbeat, Stomp, One For Sorrow, Better Best Forgotten, 5,6,7,8, Last Thing On My Mind, Love’s Got A Hold Of My Heart, Chain Reaction, and many more.

Previous cast

The creative team also includes musical supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Matt Spencer-Smith, set design by Tom Rogers, costume design by Gabriella Slade, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Adam Fisher, wigs, hair and makeup design by Sam Cox, music technology by Phij Adams, casting by Will Burton for Grindrod Burton Casting, and production management is by Setting Line.

Here & Now is produced by music industry svengali Pete Waterman (I Should Be So Lucky The Musical) of Stock, Aitken and Waterman fame, and ROYO (Kinky Boots The Musical, Now That’s What I Call A Musical, 13 Going on 30 The Musical).

The show is set in seaside superstore Better Best Bargains, where it’s Friday night, the vibe is right, and everyone’s dancing in the aisles. But when Caz discovers the shelves are stocked with lies and betrayal, the summer of love she and her friends dreamed of suddenly feels like a tragedy. Have they all lost their chance of a ‘happy ever after’? Or does love have other plans in store…

Steps, comprising Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Ian ‘H’ Watkins, Lee Latchford-Evans and Lisa Scott-Lee, are the UK’s most successful mixed-sex pop group of all time, with 14 top five singles, 4 Number One albums, 22 million record sales, 500 million streams & 11 sold-out national arena tours under their belts. Their 2017 comeback tour sold out all 300,000 tickets, making it one of the biggest pop tours of the year.

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Main photo: Here & Now The Steps Musical to star Sally Ann Matthews (Photo via PR)

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