Steps the Musical – Here & Now announced lead casting

The musical will premiere at Birmingham`s Alexandra Theatre on 9th November before the West End run

Welcome to seaside superstore Better Best Bargains, where it's Friday night, the vibe is right, and everyone's dancing in the aisles. But when Caz discovers the shelves are stocked with lies and betrayal, the summer of love she and her friends dreamed of suddenly feels like a tragedy. Have they all lost their chance of a 'happy ever after'? With Caz, Vel, Neeta and Robbie around, who knows what love has in store...

Steps (Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Ian 'H' Watkins, Lee Latchford-Evans and Lisa Scott-Lee) are the UK's most successful mixed-sex pop group of all time, with 14 top five singles, 4 number-one albums, 22 million record sales, 500 million streams & 11 sold-out national arena tours under their belts.

Leading the cast are Rebecca Lock as Caz McGovern, Hiba Elchikhe as Neeta Thakkar, Basement Jaxx lead vocalist Sharlene Hector as Vel King and Blake Patrick Anderson as Robbie Davies.

Further casting is yet to be announced.

The book is by Shaun Kitchener, Rachel Kavanaugh directs the show, the choreography is by Matt Cole, musical supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Matt Spencer-Smith, set design by Tom Rogers, costume design by Gabriella Slade, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Adam Fisher, wigs, hair and makeup design by Sam Cox, casting by Will Burton for Grindrod Burton Casting, associate direction by Matt Hassall, associate choreography by Jane McMurtrie with associate sound design by Ollie Durrant, producer Fascination Management.