BOOKING NOW: MUST SEE EVENT
The Drifters Girl
Leeds Grand Theatre from Tuesday to Saturday March 19-23 2024. Book tickets online at leedsheritagetheatres.com or call 0113 243 0808.
Olivier-nominated musical The Drifters Girl
comes to Leeds Grand Theatre in March as part of its first ever UK tour.
The smash hit show tells the remarkable story of one of the world's greatest vocal groups and the woman who made them. Faye Treadwell was the legendary manager of The Drifters who fought for three decades alongside her husband (George Treadwell) to turn Atlantic Records' hottest vocal group into a global phenomenon. Playing the music industry change-maker is Carly Mercedes Dyer, former star of SIX who also delighted audiences with her performances as Erma in Anything Goes.
Carly will star alongside Daniel Haswell, Ashford Campbell (who hit UK screens in ITV’s
The X Factor as a member of The Risk and now continues his journey with The Drifters Girl having performed as part of the West End company), Miles Anthony Daley (Tina Turner: The Musical; Choir of Man), Tarik Frimpong
(The Wiz; Aladdin), and Jaydah Bell-Ricketts (A Little Princess; School Of Rock) who performs in her first touring role as Girl. Completing the cast is Loren Anderson, Tre CopelandWilliams, Ethan Davis, Matthew Dawkins and Linseigh Green.
Having played to packed houses and nightly standing ovations at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End (following a triumphant run at Newcastle's Theatre Royal), The Drifters Girl boasts an incredible soundtrack of some of the most famous songs in history, including Save The Last Dance For Me, Under The Boardwalk, Kissin In The Back Row Of The Movies, Stand By Me, Come On Over To My Place, Saturday Night At The Movies and many more.
The Drifters Girl, with a book by Ed Curtis, is based on an idea by Tina Treadwell and is co-created by Beverley Knight, Adam J Bernard, Tarinn Callender, Matt Henry and Tosh Wanogho-Maud. It is directed by Jonathan Church.
From the highs of hit records and sell-out tours to the lows of legal battles and personal tragedy, The Drifters Girl charts the trailblazing efforts of the world's first African American female music manager and how she refused to ever give up on the group she loved.