Iconic entertainer returning to Liverpool in Ghost the Musical

Legendary actor and comedian Les Dennis will play the contrasting roles of Hospital Ghost and Lionel Ferguson when the globally-acclaimed Ghost the Musical arrives in Liverpool this September.

The popular Scouser – riding high on the back of a successful run playing Malvolio in Twelfth Night at the Shakespeare North Playhouse – is known to audiences through his extensive screen credits, including being a regular face of Saturday Night television thorough the 80s and 90s. More recently he has also appeared on stage in the hugely popular West End shows Only Fools and Horses The Musical and Hairspray. Les will be joined on stage for Ghost the Musical by Rebekah Lowings (The Sound of Music) and Jacqui Dubois (People, Places and Things) reprising their roles as populat charachters Molly Jenson and Oda Mae Brown respectively. Josh St. Clair (Frozen) will also star as Sam Wheat and James Mateo-Salt (Bonnie and Clyde) as Carl Bruner.

With a soundtrack written by multi-Brit Award winner and Eurythmics legend Dave Stewart and Grammy award winning Glen Ballard, Ghost the Musical brings all the romance and magic of the classic story to life on stage.

A smash hit across the globe, Ghost the Musical features The Righteous Brothers’ Unchained Melody and reprises the story of one of cinema’s biggest all-time hits. Starring the late Patrick Swayze, alongside Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, it was the highest grossing film of 1990 and won an Oscar for screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin who has adapted his screenplay for this musical. Premiering in Manchester in 2011, the show has played sell out seasons in the West End and on Broadway as well as numerous international tours.

The cast also includes Jules Brown (The Shawshank Redemption) reprising the role of Willie Lopez, and completing the cast is Garry Lee (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) as Subway Ghost, Tanisha Butterfield (Sister Act The Musical) as Clara, Keiahna Jackson-Jones (professional stage debut) as Louise, Molly Cleere (Mamma Mia! The Party) as Mrs. Santiago/Bank Officer, Gabrielle Cummins (Annie) as Officer Wallace, Olivia-Rose Deer (professional stage debut) as Susan/Ortisha, Wade Lewin (The Lion King) as Orlando, Jamie Pritchard (Les Misérables) as Detective Biederman, with Joe Readman (Grease The Musical) in the ensemble.