17 Aug 10 to 04 Sep 10
Liverpool Empire Theatre
Hairspray tells the story of Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart as she sets out to follow her extraordinary dreams, inspire her mum and win the boy she loves.
Starring Michael Starke as Edna Turnblad and Les Dennis as Wilbur Turnblad.
It’s big, it’s brash, it’s bold, it’s bloomin’ good fun – and Hairspray’s arrival at the Empire theatre next month will also be something of a homecoming for its leading lads and ladies.
Liverpool Echo
Local actor Michael Starke who replaced Phill Jupitus as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray is all set for the Liverpool Empire Theatre when the show visits the region next month.
What's On Stage
It will be an all-Liverpool affair when hit musical Hairspray comes to the Empire this summer.
Liverpool Echo
Liverpool actors Les Dennis and Michael Starke visited the Empire Theatre yesterday to promote musical Hairspray.
Liverpool Daily Post
Lucky Numbers is the second Royal Court show for Starke in less than a year.
He appeared in Willy Russell’s Our Day Out at the Liverpool theatre last autumn, and is currently preparing for another high-profile musical role – Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, which tours to the Empire in August.
Liverpool Daily Post
Local actor Michael Starke is replacing Phill Jupitus as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray when it visits the Liverpool Empire Theatre in the summer.
What's On Stage
Contrary to previous reports, including on the theatre's own web site, comedian and star of TV's Never Mind The Buzzcocks Phil Jupitus will not reprise his role as Edna Turnblad in the touring production of the musical Hairspray when it visits the Liverpool Empire in August.
British Theatre Guide
Comedian and Never Mind the Buzzcocks team captain Phill Jupitus will reprise the role of Edna Turnblad in Hairspray when it visits Liverpool’s Empire Theatre in the summer.
What's On Stage
It has been announced that the Liverpool run of the tour of hit musical Hairspray will star Phill Jupitus in drag as Edna Turnblad and Liverpool comic Les Dennis as his husband Wilbur.
British Theatre Guide
Comedian Phill Jupitus will play larger-than-life Edna Turnblad when Hairspray comes to Liverpool this summer. And the Never Mind the Buzzcocks team captain, who is currently starring in the West End musical, will be joined by Liverpool entertainer Les Dennis at the Empire in August.
Liverpool Echo