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TOWIE star Ferne McCann cast in Gatsby musical

The musical is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel

Ferne McCann in I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here
Ferne McCann in I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here
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Reality TV star Ferne McCann will make her stage debut in a production of Gatsby at the Union Theatre next month.

The jazz musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, was first presented by theatre company Ruby in the Dust at the King’s Head Theatre in 2012, and again at the Riverside Studios in 2013.

Further casting includes Paul DuBois, Nicholas Fagerberg, Joanna Brown, Blair Robertson, James Rallinson, Kate Marlais and Tom Buchanan.

The ensemble includes Emma Whittaker, Katie Beudert, Lewis Rae, Mark Townsend and Samantha Louise Clark.

The musical has a book by Linnie Reedman and music and lyrics by Joe Evans.

Gatsby runs at the Union Theatre from 6 – 30 April 2016.