Casting announced for UK & Ireland tour of The Ladykillers

Taking over the role of
Mrs Wilberforce, for which Marcia Warren received an Olivier
nomination for best actress, is Michele Dotrice. The actor is
best known for playing Betty
in the BBC series Some
Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em but was seen most recently on stage in
When We Are Married at the Garrick Theatre in 2010.

Paul
Bown will play
Professor Marcus, Peter
Capaldi’s role during the play’s West End run, while Clive
Mantle will appear as Major Courtney. Mantle has an ongoing role in
HBO’s fantasy drama series, Game
of Thrones. Chris McCalphy plays One-Round, Shaun
Williamson appears as Louis, and
William Troughton, who understudied the roles of Harry and Louis in
the West End production, plays Harry. Williamson starred as used-car
dealer Barry Evans in EastEnders between 1994 and
2004.

The
Ladykillers opens at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on 14
September before touring to Canterbury, Sheffield, Bath, Southampton,
Cambridge, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Malvern in
2012, with further dates in 2013 yet to be announced.