Pretty Woman: The Musical is returning to Glasgow in 2027, with EastEnders stars Molly Rainford and Danny Walters leading the cast.
The hit stage adaptation of the 1990 romantic comedy will run at the King’s Theatre from Tuesday 18 to Saturday 29 May 2027, following its Scottish premiere in the city in 2023.
Rainford will make her stage debut as Vivian Ward, with Walters taking on the role of Edward Lewis. Bernadette Bangura will play Vivian’s friend Kit De Luca.
Rainford is best known for playing Anna Knight in BBC soap EastEnders and for the title role in CBBC’s Nova Jones.
She reached the final of Britain’s Got Talent in 2012 and Strictly Come Dancing in 2022, and also appeared on Celebrity Race Across the World alongside her partner Tyler West.
Walters is best known for his role as Keanu Taylor in EastEnders, which earned him a National Television Award for Best Newcomer.
His other television credits include Benidorm, Call the Midwife and the Bafta-nominated BBC series Our World War, while his theatre work includes The Greater Game at Southwark Playhouse and Spring Awakening at Brighton Pavilion.
Bangura recently played Becky in the UK and Ireland tour of Waitress.
Her previous theatre credits include Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Moulin Rouge! at the Piccadilly Theatre, Once On This Island at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, My Fair Lady, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hairspray and Sunset Boulevard.
The cast will also feature Selena Barron, Jabari Braham, Jack Campbell, Cletus Chan, Josh Crowther, Sophie Cullen, Benjamin Dawson, Sian Gentle Green, Rebecca Ibbott, Kai Cameron Jay, Callum Martin, Brogan McFarlane, LJ Neilson, Matthew Prime, Alana M Robinson, Roshaan Saulnier, Morgan Scott, Ellie Seaton, Sario Solomon, Tomas Wolstenholme and Tara Yasmin.
Pretty Woman: The Musical is based on the Hollywood film starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere and features an original score by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, the songwriting team behind hits including Summer of ’69 and Heaven.
The stage show also includes Roy Orbison and Bill Dees’ Oh, Pretty Woman, the song which helped inspire the title of the film.
The musical is directed and choreographed by two-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell, whose credits include Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde and Hairspray.
Its book was written by the film’s director Garry Marshall and screenwriter J.F. Lawton.
The production premiered in Chicago in 2018 before transferring to Broadway.
It later opened in London’s West End in February 2020, initially at the Piccadilly Theatre before moving to the Savoy Theatre in 2021.
The West End run ended in June 2023 before the musical embarked on its first UK and Ireland tour later that year.
The 2027 Glasgow dates will mark the musical’s return to the King’s Theatre as part of its latest UK tour.