Full cast announced for 2015 tour of The King's Speech

The full cast has been announced for next year's UK tour of The King's Speech.

As previously reported, Raymond Coulthard plays King George VI opposite Jason Donovan as his Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue.

They'll be joined by Nicholas Blane, Jamie Hinde, Felicity Houlbrooke, Claire Lams, Katy Stephens and Martin Turner.

Directed by Birmingham Repertory Theatre's artistic director Roxana Silbert, the production opens at Chichester Festival Theatre on 5 February 2015 and then Birmingham Repertory Theatre from 25 February 2015.

It subsequently visits locations including Cambridge, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Belfast, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Edinburgh and Leeds.

The play, which was the basis of the Oscar-winning film starring Colin Firth, tells the story of King George VI's relationship with his speech therapist.

As the world stands on the brink of war, King Edward VIII sparks controversy with his love for married socialite, Wallis Simpson. As Edward's position become increasingly untenable, his brother Bertie, who has previously shied away from the public eye because of a terrible stammer, is thrust in to the spotlight as his likely successor.