The producers of the brand-new production of Sister Act The Musical have announced that television and musical theatre star Sandra Marvin will play ‘Deloris Van Cartier’ in the UK and Ireland tour, alongside Lesley Joseph as ‘Mother Superior’, Clive Rowe as ‘Eddie Souther’ and Lizzie Bea as ‘Sister Mary Robert’.
Direct from a London season at the Eventim Apollo, the tour begins in Dublin from Tuesday 20 September 2022 before visiting Birmingham, Leicester, Cardiff, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Milton Keynes, Plymouth, Norwich, Belfast, Dartford, Llandudno, Woking, Bristol, Leeds, Sheffield, Ipswich, Southampton, Nottingham, Liverpool, Wolverhampton, Canterbury, Newcastle and Oxford with more dates to be announced soon. www.sisteractthemusical.co.uk
The cast also includes Jeremy Secomb, Graham McDuff, Tricia Deighton, Lori Haley Fox, Damian Buhagiar, Tom Hopcroft, Bradley Judge, Tanya Edwards, Catherine Millsom, Anne Smith, Emma Ralston, Jermaine Woods, Michael Ward and Caroline Bateson. Complete casting to be announced soon.
Having played ‘Jessie Grant’ in ITV’s “Emmerdale” for two years, Sandra Marvin joined the West End production of “Waitress” to play ‘Becky’, before reprising the role in 2021 and 2022 for the UK Tour of the production. Her many other West End theatre credits include most recently ‘Mrs Fezziwig/Mrs Mops’ in “A Christmas Carol” at the Dominion Theatre, “City of Angels” and “Committee” at the Donmar Warehouse, ‘Miss Motormouth Maybelle’ in “Hairspray” at the Shaftesbury Theatre, ‘Queenie’ in “Show Boat” at the New London Theatre, ‘Rose’ in “Stepping Out” at the Vaudeville Theatre, “Porgy and Bess” at the Savoy Theatre and “Ragtime” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
Her other credits include “Romantics Anonymous” at Bristol Old Vic and on tour in the US and ‘Mama Morton’ in “Chicago” at Leicester Curve. In 2016 Sandra performed with Kate Bush on her 22-date sold-out “Before the Dawn” concerts and features on her live album of the same name. Sandra also sings the title track on the Grammy Award winning soundtrack for the George Clooney film, “Gravity”.
