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Special guest star Toyah joins 'NOW That's What I Call A Musical' at Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre in February 2025
ROYO, UNIVERSAL MUSIC UK, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT & MIGHTY VILLAGE are delighted to announce punk princess and 2024 Strictly Come Dancing contestant Toyah Willcox will join the cast of NOW That’s What I Call A Musical, as a special guest star in Edinburgh, at the Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre.
NOW That’s What I Call A Musical is a brand-new British musical written by award-winning comedian Pippa Evans and directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood.
NOW That’s What I Call A Musical began performances on 6 September 2024 at Aylesbury’s Waterside Theatre before commencing a major UK and Ireland tour.
To find out more about 'NOW That's What I Call A Musical' and the full cast list for the UK Tour, click here
To read about the guest star casting for 'NOW That's What I Call A Musical' at the King's Theatre, Glasgow click here
Who is Toyah Wilcox?
TOYAH WILLCOX is a uniquely gifted performer, having amassed thirteen top 40 singles, recorded twenty-five albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays, acted in over twenty feature films and presented hundreds of television programmes. She has won numerous awards and nominations from singing to writing to acting. The hit singles It's A Mystery, I Want to Be Free, Brave New World and platinum-selling albums Anthem and The Changeling confirmed her status as one of the most significant talents of the 1980s. In 1982 she won the Best Female Singer at the British Rock & Pop Awards, who went on to become The Brits.
On Christmas Eve 1981 Toyah's concert at Drury Lane Theatre Royal was broadcast live on BBC2 as The Old Grey Whistle Test to viewing figures of over 10 million. She is a regular contributor on Channel 5's Greatest Pop Videos, 80s Greatest Hits and 90s Greatest Hits series - a visual celebration of the best music through the decades. In 2022, Toyah appeared in Channel 4's brand new show Fame In The Family, in 2023 she won the Great British Sewing Bee: Celebrity Christmas Special on BBC One and she is currently taking part in the 20th Anniversary series of BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing.
Her theatre credits include: The Rocky Horror Show: 40th Anniversary Tribute (Royal Court Theatre), The Hundred and One Dalmatians (Nottingham Theatre Royal), Calamity Jane (Shaftsbury Theatre), The Wizard of Oz (Belfast Grand Opera House), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Regents Park), and Cabaret (Strand Theatre). In 2018 Paul McCartney awarded Toyah a LIPA Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Companionship for Outstanding Achievement in music, drama, performance and media.
Toyah joins the array of special guest stars playing themselves and singing the songs that made them NOW icons. In 2024 Sinitta will perform in Aylesbury, Sheffield, Canterbury, Nottingham and Norwich with Sonia in Newcastle, Cardiff, Milton Keynes and Brighton, Carol Decker in Truro, Belfast and Woking, and Jay Osmond in Bradford.
In 2025 Sinitta will be appearing in Dublin, Hull and York with Sonia in Southampton, Manchester, Southend, Glasgow, Bristol, Liverpool, Wimbledon and Birmingham, Carol Decker in Oxford and Toyah Willcox in Edinburgh.
NOW That’s What I Call A Musical comes to Edinburgh from Tues 25 February - Sat 1 March 2025
To find out more about 'NOW That's What I Call A Musical' and the full cast list for the UK Tour, click here
To read about the guest star casting for 'NOW That's What I Call A Musical' at the King's Theatre, Glasgow click here
Dates & Tickets: NOW That's What I Call A Musical UK Tour
18 – 22 February
King's Theatre, Glasgow
25 February – 1 March
Edinburgh Playhouse
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