The singer-songwriter and winner of series five of The X Factor will star as Morticia Addams in a UK tour of The Addams Family, alongside Lesley Joseph, best known for popular comedy, Birds of a Feather.
The musical comedy opens at the Birmingham Hippodrome on 10th July 2025, and will then visit:
- The Curve Theatre, Leicester from 15th July to 10th August
- The Lowry, Salford from 12th to 16th August
- Canturbury’s Marlowe Theatre from 19th to 23rd August
- Before concluding at Blackpool Opera House from 26th to 30th August.
Alexandra Burke featured on The X Factor in 2008 and went on to forge a successful career as a recording artist and as a star of the stage. She has appeared in the West End and in touring productions, including The Bodyguard and Sister Act.
For The Addams Family she will be joined by Lesley Joseph as Grandma, Clive Rowe as Uncle Fester, Ricardo Afonso as Gomez Addams, Lauren Jones as Wednesday Addams and Nicholas McLean as Pugsley Addams.
The rest of the cast is made up by Dickon Gough as Lurch, Dale Rapley as Mal, Jacob Fowler as Lucas and Kara Lane as Alice.
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Lesley Joseph is best known for playing Dorien Green in the television sitcom Birds of a Feather from 1989 to 1998 and again from 2014 to 2020. She previously appeared in the one-off West End premiere of The Addams Family In Concert, playing Grandma.
Clive Rowe starred as Duke in the CBBC series The Story of Tracy Beaker. His theatre credits include The Prince of Egypt, Sister Act and A Christmas Carol.
About the show
The Addams Family will feature a live band and original score. It will be directed by Matthew White and produced by Aria Entertainment and John Stalker Productions. The show has a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, writers of Jersey Boys, and music and lyrics by Tony Award-nominated Andrew Lippa.
The story follows Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, who is all grown up and has a shocking secret that only Gomez knows. She’s fallen in love with a sweet young man from a respectable family. With his cherished Morticia in the dark will Gomez manage to keep his daughter’s secret until the two families meet for a fateful dinner with hilarious consequences?
Join them, plus Uncle Fester, Lurch, Pugsley, Grandma and more for a heart-warming story of love, family and friendship… with a twist!
For more information about The Addams Family tour go to theaddamsfamily.co.uk
