Ray Quinn is to lead the cast of the musical Summer Holiday UK Tour when it makes its first stop at the Liverpool Empire on 8 May 2018.
Ray Quinn will lead cast of Summer Holiday.
Summer Holiday the musical is based on the iconic 1960's film which starred Cliff Richard and The Shadows. The musical will include all of the classic hits from the movie with some additional Cliff Richard classics.
Ray Quinn will be playing Don, the role made famous by Cliff Richard in the film. Ray Quinn shot to fame as the runner-up in ITV1's The X Actor in 2006. Since that time Ray Quinn has appeared on Dancing on Ice, winning for the first time in 2009, and then again on Dancing on Ice: Champion of Champions in 2014. He has also appeared in a number of successful stage musicals including Danny Zuko in Grease (West End), Dirty Dancing (West End), Legally Blonde (UK Tour) and most recently, The Wedding Singer (UK Tour).
Summer Holiday tells the story of Don and his fellow London Transport mechanics as they journey together in a red double-decker bus through Paris, the Alps, Italy and Greece. Along the way they pick up a girl singing group and a young American pop star who is on the run from her domineering mother! This hit - filled musical features many of 1960’s biggest songs including In the Country, Summer Holiday, Travellin’ Light, Bachelor Boy, Move It, Living Doll, The Young Ones and On the Beach.
SUMMER HOLIDAY UK TOUR SCHEDULE
Douglas Mayo has had a life long love affair with musical theatre. He has authored several books on publicity and marketing for amateur theatre groups. He is in the process of developing a musical based on his original story concept.
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