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Verity Rushworth to play Holly Golightly for Breakfast at Tiffany’s tour

Former Emmerdale star Verity Rushworth will play the role of Holly Golightly in a new UK tour of Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

The show will run from 2nd May to 11th June 2016 and will tour the following venues; His Majestyā€™s Aberdeen, Nottingham Theatre Royal, Theatre Royal Bath, Glasgow Theatre Royal, Kingā€™s Theatre Edinburgh and Wycombe Swan. Verity will be sharing the role with Pixie Lott, whose dates have been previous announced.

Truman Capoteā€™s classic novella has been adapted for the stage by Pulitzer Prize-winning finalist and Tony and Olivier Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out, Three Days of Rain), and contains memorable songs from the era as well as original music by Grant Olding (One Man, Two Guvnors).

Breakfast at Tiffanyā€™s is set in New York in 1943. Fred, a young writer from Louisiana, meets Holly Golightly, a charming, vivacious and utterly elusive good-time girl. Everyone falls in love with Holly ā€“ including Fred. But Fred is poor, and Hollyā€™s other suitors include a playboy millionaire and the future president of Brazil. As war rages on in Europe, Holly begins to fall in love with Fred ā€“ just as her past catches up with her.

Verity Rushworth said, “I am absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to play the dream role of Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffanyā€™s. I cannot wait to step into the fabulous shoes of such an icon and discover the endless layers to her complicated and fascinating personality – not to mention her wardrobe!”

Breakfast at Tiffanyā€™s will be directed by Nikolai Foster, the Artistic Director of Leicester Curve, with production design by Matthew Wright, lighting design by Ben Cracknell and sound design by Mic Pool.

The production will begin performances at the Curve Theatre, Leicester on 3 March 2016, before embarking on a UK & Ireland Tour. There will be a 12-week season at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in Londonā€™s West End from 30 June to 17 September 2016.

For more information and full tour dates visit www.breakfastattiffanys.co.uk

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