Following her West End debut, Sadie Frost is rumoured to be heading towards Manchester to repeat the role. According to Reveal magazine, Frost will star in Touched… For the Very First Time, Zoe Lewis’ one-woman play about an obsessive Madonna fan, which had a limited season from 4 February to 14 March 2009 at the 100-seat Trafalgar Studios 2.

Lesley, a 36-year-old Mancunian, is a modern woman who dreams of being best friends with Madonna. She narrates her life from that earth-shattering moment as a plump 14-year-old in 1984, when she hears “Like a Virgin” for the very first time. Convinced that her desire to ‘have it all’ is inextricably linked with Madonna’s own life, the love affair of a lifetime begins. Touched… For the Very First Time is set against a backdrop of pop classics from the 1980s and 1990s.

Frost began her career on stage at the Manchester Royal Exchange and went on to appear in more than 20 films such as The Heavy, Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula and, appearing alongside her first husband Gary Kemp, The Krays. She largely gave up acting in the late 1990s after marrying and having three children with fellow actor Jude Law. After the break-up of their marriage, she relaunched herself as a clothes designer, though her private life, including her relations with Law and friendship with Kate Moss, has kept her regularly in the headlines.

As Touched is about a Mancunian, it’s apt that it may end up in this city. The question is, where will it go?

Author Zoe Lewis’ other plays include Flanders Mare, Glastonbury, Guns and Noses, Paradise Syndrome and Sharp Relief.

This entry was posted on Monday, May 4th, 2009 at 9:00 am and is filed under Gossip. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.