Full cast announced for Elvis musical Love Me Tender

The full cast has been announced for the upcoming UK tour of Elvis musical Love Me Tender, which opens in Manchester on 5 June.

Joining previously announced Mica Paris will be Sian Reeves (Cutting It, Emmerdale, Vernon God Little) as Mayor Matilda Hyde, Shaun Williamson (Eastenders, Extras, Anything Goes) as Jim and Ben Lewis (Forbidden Broadway, Love Never Dies, A Little Night Music) as Chad.

Written by Memphis the Musical writer Joe DiPietro, the show is "inspired" by the King of Rock 'n' Roll, and includes more than 25 of his songs.

Retitled for its UK premiere, Love Me Tender premiered on Broadway under the title All Shook Up.

The rest of the cast comprises Mark Anderson, Aretha Ayeh, Chris Howell, Felix Mosse, Laura Tebbutt, Kate Tydman, Sophie Ayres, Jamie Hughes-Ward, Will Jeffs, Jacob Maynard, Matthew McKenna, Elliot Powell, Stephanie Rojas, Ruthie Stephens, Paulo Teixeira, Lindsey Tierney, Sharon Wattis and T’Shan Williams.

Love Me Tender runs at Manchester Opera House (5-13 June 2015), Bristol Hippodrome (15-20 June), New Wimbledon Theatre (22-27 June), Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent (29 June to 4 July), New Theatre Oxford (6-11 July), Sunderland Empire (13-18 July), Edinburgh Playhouse (20-25 July), Milton Keynes Theatre (27 July – 1 August), King's Theatre Glasgow (3-8 August), Empire Theatre Liverpool (1-15 August), Grand Opera House York (17-22 August), New Alexandra Theatre Birmingham (24-29 August), Churchill Theatre Bromley (31 August – 5 September), New Victoria Theatre Woking (7-12 September) and New Theatre Cardiff (14-19 September).

You can buy tickets for the tour here.