THOROUGHLY Modern Millie is back on tour with television actress Hayley Tamaddon in the title role.

The star of Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Dancing On Ice appears in the musical comedy alongside Lucas Rush.

Hayley Tamaddon plays Millie Dilmount, a Kansas girl determined to make it big in New York City.

Millie takes the audience back to the height of the Jazz Age in 1920s New York City, when ‘moderns’ including flappers such as herself were bobbing their hair, raising their hemlines, entering the workforce and rewriting the rules of love.

From explosive tap numbers to a ‘Fred and Ginger’ dance routine on a window ledge, and featuring hit songs including Gimme Gimme and Not for the Life of Me, Thoroughly Modern Millie is described as a brilliantly funny and entertaining show for all the family.

The show won six Tony Awards including Best Musical, and is based on the 1967 Academy Award-winning film.

Hayley is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Del Dingle in Emmerdale and Andrea Beckett in Coronation Street, and for winning the fifth series of ITV1’s Dancing on Ice.

Other television credits include Accused, Shameless, Waterloo Road, Where the Heart Is and The Royal.

Her musical theatre roles include Roxie Hart in Chicago, The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot, and Frenchie in Grease.

Lucas Rush returns as the evil proprietor of the Hotel Priscilla, after making the role his own during the 2017 tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Lucas’s other theatre credits include: St Jimmy/Resident Director in Green Day musical American Idiot, Emcee in Cabaret, and Tony in Saturday Night Fever.

Thoroughly Modern Millie runs from June 5 to 9 at Bradford’s Alhambra Theatre. Visit bradford-theatres.co.uk or call 01274 432000 to book tickets.